Former director of "Montefarm" Goran Marinović violated the Law on the Prevention of Corruption because he did not report complete data in his 2023 report, including his and his daughter's income, as well as the Suzuki Swift vehicle, the decision of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption is.
In a document signed by the acting head of the Agency Dušan Drakić It is specified that Marinović did not declare his own income in the amount of almost 2.900 euros in his report for that year. He also did not declare the income of his daughter, who is a member of his household, in the amount of more than 9.200 euros, which she earned in the state-owned company Montenegrin Electric Distribution System (CEDIS), or her car "Suzuki Swift".
The agency, according to the decision, compared the data Marinović submitted in the report on April 1 last year with information from the Revenue Administration.
"The agency concluded that the appointee declared income in the total amount of 13.992 euros, while, according to the Revenue Administration, his income amounted to 16.886,07 euros, meaning that the entire income of the public official was not reported, but rather a smaller amount of 2.894, which violated the provision of Article 07, paragraph 25 of the Law," the decision states.
Comparing data from its database with information from the Revenue Administration and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Agency also found that Marinović hid his daughter's income, even though they live in the same household, as well as her car.
He did not comment on these facts during the proceedings.
"The appointed public official did not respond to the Agency's allegations, which is determined by reviewing the return receipt AR 35764719 7 1 ME dated December 7, 2024," the decision emphasized.
This is the Agency's second decision in less than a year that Marinović violated anti-corruption regulations.
The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) determined in May last year that the former director of "Montefarm" violated the Law because he was also the President of the Board of Directors of the company "Biznismontenegro" AD. This is a state-owned company owned by "Montefarm" (95 percent) and the Government of Montenegro (5 percent), whose business is the wholesale trade of pharmaceutical products.
Marinović then defended himself before the Agency by claiming that he did not know that he could not perform both functions simultaneously.
The former director held two functions simultaneously from June 16, 2021 to December 6 of the same year.
Marinović by decision of the Minister of Health Vojislav Šimun was removed from that position at the beginning of April last year, after the Commission of that government department determined that he had violated a number of laws and other regulations.
The Commission for the Control of the Work of Health Institutions informed the minister that Marinović acted contrary to the Law on Health Care, the Law on Labor, the Rulebook on closer conditions for performing additional work, but also that he did not respect the Statute and the Rulebook on the systematization of workplaces.
The Ministry of Health has questioned several lease agreements, contracts on assignment and claim - cession, loan agreements, LED display installation agreements, as well as the provision of consulting services that Marinović signed. Previously, the State Audit Institution (DRI) also gave a negative opinion on the audit of the regularity of business operations during Marinović's term, and this finding was forwarded to the Special State Prosecutor's Office.
More than 300.000 in savings, a collection of paintings worth 60.000 euros, alt coins...
According to the report submitted by Marinović, which the Agency found to be incomplete, he received a salary as a director at "Montefarm" and a fee at the "Biznismontenegra" joint-stock company. In 2023, he earned 1.166 euros at "Montefarm" and 1.100 euros at "Biznismontenegra". He owns a three-and-a-half-room apartment, a meadow of more than 6.000 square meters and is a co-owner of several buildings and plots.
His collection of paintings is worth, he claims, 60.000 euros, and he bought these works of art. He also owns the cryptocurrency alt coin, which, according to the report to the Agency, was worth 26.000 euros at the time of filing the report this spring.
Marinović's savings amounted to 79.000 euros, while his wife and daughters saved 190.000, 23.000 and 11.000 euros each.
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