MANS: With senseless constructions, Katnić wants to cover up specific criminal acts in which he participated

Referring to the alleged threat to security and bidding with the motives of the MANS investigation, Katnić wants to cover up very specific criminal acts in the execution of which he himself participated, MANS announced.

They responded to the response of the Chief Special Prosecutor, Milivoje Katnić, to their MANS investigative text and said that his response was reduced to meaningless constructions with which he failed to deny the fact that his family built illegally and usurped state land.

The research showed that the Katnićs acquired the property under the technical mandate of the previous government, and that the appraisal was done by Dragan Kovačević, who is currently on the run after being accused of abuse of office and the creation of a criminal organization.

"It is interesting that Katnić does not doubt the valuations of the state plots made by Kovačević, but even uses them in an attempt to explain why he bought the plots from the state below the price," their statement states.

They pointed out that the data they used in the creation of the research story are public documents, available to everyone, and obtained on the basis of the Law on Free Access to Information, while the ortho-photographs of Katnić's usurpation and illegal construction can be found on the official geoportal of the Administration for Cadastre and State property but also on Google Maps.

That information, they say, is also available to criminal groups who, in Katnić's interpretation, are allegedly waiting for the MANS drone in order to threaten its security.

"This kind of "operational" logic of Milivoj Katnić is not something that we have encountered for the first time, and its effectiveness is evidenced by the results in the fight against corruption and organized crime. However, perhaps for the first time we see it in the service of Katnić's interest in avoiding responsibility for committing criminal acts , and illegal construction and illegal occupation of state land are definitely that," MANS announced.

They believe that it is completely clear from today's reaction that Milivoje Katnić does not want to accept the fact that his privacy cannot be more important than the public's interest in discovering criminal acts, especially when there is a suspicion that their actors are exactly the ones who should be on the at the forefront of the fight against corruption and organized crime.