The Media Center has submitted a complaint to the Prosecutor's Council regarding the legality of the prosecution's work in the case of the illegal appointment of RTCG Director General Boris Raonic, the Media Center announced.
"Precisely when the Media Center pointed out to the Prosecutor's Council the illegality of the actions of the acting prosecutor in the Special State Prosecutor's Office in the case formed on the basis of criminal charges in the case of the illegal appointment of the general director of RTCG Boris Raonic, Raonic, with self-praise and lamentations, resigned from his position, in order to The council, against whose members the Media Center filed a criminal complaint, appointed the Acting General Director of the national public media service. of the appointment of the general director of RTCG", the press release of the Media Center signed by Goran Đurović, the director, points out.
RTCG General Director Boris Raonic resigned earlier today, "Vijesti" was told unofficially.
According to the same information, he submitted his resignation today to the members of the RTCG Council at the meeting that preceded the session of that body.
The council then appointed him acting general director, until the end of the new competition.
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The Media Center added that on June 8, 2023, they filed criminal charges against the president and members of the RTCG Council: Veselin Drljević (President), Filip Lazović, Naod Zorić, Predrag Miranović and Amina Murić, because, as the Media Center said, , as public officials, refused to execute a final and enforceable court verdict and enabled the acquisition of illegal benefits to the illegally elected general director of the RTCG, Boris Raonić, thereby committing the criminal offense of non-execution of a court verdict under Article 395 and the criminal offense of abuse of official position under Article 416 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro.
"Also, on the same day, we filed criminal charges against RTCG General Director Boris Raonić, head of the RTCG legal department Želimir Mićović and RTCG lawyer Zorica Đukanović, because they encouraged the president and members of the RTCG Council to commit a criminal offense, failure to execute a final and enforceable court verdict and facilitated the acquisition of illegal benefits to the illegally elected general director of the RTCG, Boris Raonić, thereby committing the criminal offense of incitement to the commission of a criminal offense under Article 24 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro," reads the Media Center announcement.
The non-governmental organization (NGO) said that they learned from the media that the consolidated case was returned to the Basic State Prosecutor's Office (ODT) with the explanation that after the recently adopted amendments to the Law on Special State Prosecutor's Office, the jurisdiction of the Special State Prosecutor's Office in this case ends.
"The media center submitted a complaint to the Prosecutor's Council for several reasons. The Criminal Procedure Act, Article 256a, establishes a deadline for processing a report which cannot exceed three months, or six months if it is a complex case due to the volume, factual or legal issues. The head of the state prosecution may, with a written explanation, request approval for a deadline extension of no longer than one month from the head of the immediately higher state prosecution, and the state prosecutor to whom the case is assigned to work may, with a written explanation, request approval for the extension of the deadline from the head of the state prosecution prosecutor's office for no longer than one month," the announcement reads.
The Media Center said that more than 8 months have passed since the criminal charges were filed on June 2023, 12, which, as they state, violated the deadlines prescribed by Article 256a of the Criminal Procedure Act.
"Despite the legally binding court rulings, the SDT did not determine whether there were elements of a criminal offense in the actions of members of the RTCG Council and other persons against whom criminal charges were filed. We note that it has been established beyond dispute that the president of the RTCG Council, Veselin Drljević, on June 1, 2023, at session of the Council, by including Boris Raonic on the list of candidates for the election of the general director, violated a final court verdict and committed a criminal offense under the article of non-execution of a court verdict under article 395 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro," said the Media Center.
They state that they learned from the media that the case, allegedly "by force of law", was transferred to the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, after the Law on Amendments to the Law on Special State Prosecutor's Office came into force.
"Regarding this fact, we point out the following: In Article 1 paragraph 3 of the Law on Amendments to the Special State Prosecutor's Office, it is prescribed that a high public official is considered to be: Please note that RTCG is a public company, i.e. a limited liability company, 100% owned by the state, as are local public broadcasters with limited liability, whose founder is also the state, i.e. a local self-government unit broadcasters can clearly be seen to have been established as limited liability companies," reads the Media Center announcement.
The NGO said that RTCG and local public broadcasters provide commercial services on the market and operate in accordance with the laws that regulate the work of commercial companies.
"All general acts treat RTCG as a public company, from the Collective Agreement to the Rulebook on the part of earnings based on the achieved results in work in JP RTCG, the Rulebook on the internal organization and systematization of workplaces in JP RTCG and in the statutes until 2020 it is clearly indicated that RTCG is a public company. It is not clear on the basis of which regulation the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) interpreted that RTCG is not a majority-owned company. The Law on Audiovisual Media Services (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 54/2024 of June 11.06.2024, 54) does not stipulate that public broadcasters are public institutions or any other organizational form obvious obstruction of the procedure regarding the double illegal appointment of the general director of the RTCG and non-compliance with final court rulings", the Media Center concluded.
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