Nine candidates applied for the vacancy for a member of the Council of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK), namely Dragana Šuković, Veselin Vujanović, Miodrag Martinović, Ljubiša Konatar, Mehmedin Tahirović, Slavica Mirković, Mladen Tomović, Kalina Adrović Vulić and Milica Milutinović.
The Committee for conducting the election of Council members will soon determine the list of candidates who meet the requirements, after which an interview will be conducted.
Tomović is a lawyer, and he was once the head of the Agency, assistant director, coordinator of the Sector for Prevention of Corruption, Integrity and Lobbying. His publicly available biography also states that he was the coordinator of the Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative, a member of the Working Group for the preparation of negotiations for Montenegro's entry into the European Union for Chapter 23, the head of the Secretariat of the National Commission for Monitoring the Implementation of the Strategy for the Fight Against Corruption and Organized Crime...
According to available data, Konatar worked for a long time in the Police Directorate (from 1996 to 2010). Since 2021, he has been the head of the Directorate for Inspection Affairs and Licensing in the Ministry of Urban Planning, and he was appointed State Secretary by the Government of Milojko Spajić in November last year. He was dismissed at his personal request in January of this year.
Dragana Šuković was the head of the Department for verification of income and assets in the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, and according to unofficial information from "Vijesti", she is employed at the Anti-Doping Commission.
Slavica Mirković, secretary of the Committee for Political System, Judiciary and Administration in the Secretariat of the Committee for Political System, Judiciary and Administration.
Veselin Vujanović is a long-time trade union activist and former general secretary of the Union of Party Workers of Montenegro. He is employed in the Labor Fund.
Miodrag Martinović is the former director of the Tax Police, and according to the newsroom, he is currently employed at the Kotor branch of the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund of Montenegro (PIO Fund).
Kalina Adrović Vulić was employed in the Railway Transport of Montenegro for many years, while Milica Milutinović's last place of employment is the cabinet of the minister without portfolio Zoran Miljanić in the 43rd Government.
Tahirović is a retired colonel who held several positions in the Ministry of Defense. He is a lecturer at the University of Donja Gorica, and he is known as a long-time activist of the Democratic Party of Socialists.
"The Commission...makes a list of five candidates for the election of Council members, with an explanation. The Commission makes the list from paragraph 4 of this article, with a majority of at least four votes, within 60 days from the deadline for applying for the competition. The Commission submits a list of candidates from of paragraph 4 of this article to the competent committee, for the purpose of proposing it to the Assembly", it is specified in the Law on Prevention of Corruption. If the competent committee - the Anti-corruption Committee does not propose a list of candidates to the Assembly, the procedure for electing Council members is repeated.
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