On February 6, 2025, the Supreme Court adopted a revision that reversed the judgment of the Higher Court in Podgorica of April 3, 2024, and confirmed the judgment of the Basic Court in Nikšić of December 18, 2023, in the case of the appointment of the director of the Nikšić Municipal Enterprise in 2022.
After the local elections in Nikšić were completed in 2021, and the coalitions led by the then Democratic Front and Democrats and the Civic Movement URA came to power, the Democrats were awarded the position of director of the Municipal Company through the distribution of functions. Thus, following a competition announced on January 31, 2022, he was appointed to this position Mileta Milatović, an electrical engineer, who was the acting director of that company until the end of the competition. In addition to him, the competition was also Slavica Strunjas, the then director of the Šavnik Municipal Company, who in 2018 was on the list of candidates for councilors in the Šavnik Municipal Assembly of the list "For the good of the citizens of Šavnik - Victorious! Coalition DPS, SD - Milo Đukanović".
The latest decision is the result of a lawsuit filed by Slavica Strunjaš in 2022.
"The defendant's appointment decision of March 16, 2022, is annulled as unlawful, and the defendant DOO 'Komunalno' Nikšić is ordered to make a new decision based on the competition announced on January 31, 2022," the court ruling states.
As the Public Utility Company responded to "Vijesti", the Board of Directors appointed Slavojka Strunjaš as the Executive Director of the Public Utility Company within the legal deadline, pursuant to a review decision, following a vacancy announced on January 31, 2022, to which "in addition to her, another candidate, Mileta Milatović, who has since retired, applied."
The Board of Directors previously dismissed the Acting Executive Director at the same meeting. Vida Sjeklocu, who, after Milatović's retirement, held the position of executive director for a fixed term of up to six months under the Employment Contract. Sjekloća has been on sick leave since December 30 last year, "due to a serious injury to his right ankle."
As soon as she became director, the Board of Directors appointed her as acting director, three days before the elections. Bojan Goranović, a graduate economist, and Strunjaš was appointed manager of the Utilities Sector.
"After being appointed to the aforementioned position, Slavojka Strunjaš submitted a request to the Board of Directors for dismissal from the position of executive director," Komunalno responded.
The Board of Directors, at her personal request, dismissed Strunjaš from the position of Executive Director at a meeting held on April 10, 2025.
"In accordance with the Executive Director's Employment Contract dated March 31, 2025, she was assigned to a position based on her professional qualifications and work skills. At the proposal of the Founder, the Board of Directors appointed Bojana Goranović, B.E.C., as Acting Executive Director, who meets the requirements for the position. She was already engaged in DOO 'Komunalno' Nikšić through the Agency for the Assignment of Employees to the position of independent commercial affairs and marketing officer," reads the response from Komunalno.
As they explained, they appointed Bojana Goranović as acting CEO because she was already working at the company under contract and met all the requirements, and because, due to the elections held in the town near Trebjes on April 13, "they would not hire anyone new, and that a few days before the elections."
In a brief telephone conversation, Strunjaš confirmed to "Vijesti" that she was dismissed from the position of executive director at her personal request, and that she did not want to comment further on her case.
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