Bratić again does not follow the recommendations

The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) determined that the appointment of an assistant minister in the then Ministry of Science represented a threat to the public interest, but also informed the Government that the given recommendation had not been acted upon.

This is stated in the information signed by the director of the Agency, Jelena Perović.

The information states that this case was initiated based on a whistleblower report.

The Law on the Prevention of Corruption stipulates that procedures for reporting whistleblowers are handled in accordance with the law regulating the confidentiality of data, both with regard to the identity of the whistleblower and the content of the report.

At the end of February, the Agency issued an opinion regarding the appointment of an acting general director in one directorate of the then Ministry of Science, the Agency "determined that there is a threat to the public interest" in the sense of the Law.

Endangering the public interest, according to the Law on Prevention of Corruption, implies a violation of regulations, ethical rules or the possibility of such a violation that caused, causes or threatens to cause danger to life, health and safety of people and the environment, violation of human rights or material and non-material damage by the state or a legal and natural person, as well as an action aimed at not finding out about such a violation.

She then gave a recommendation to the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the Government, i.e. to its Commission for Personnel and Administrative Affairs, to eliminate the risk of corruption.

The ministry headed by Vesna Bratić was given a deadline of 15 days to submit a report on the actions taken.

"Given that the Ministry did not submit the report, and that it did not act on the given recommendation", the Agency "informed the Government that, as a body that supervises the work of the ministries, it would undertake all necessary activities in order to implement the given recommendations".

As reported by "Vijesti" last week, the agency has already complained to the government that this department did not follow the recommendations related to the process of awarding the highest state award in the field of education "Oktoih".