Former member of the Cabinet of then Deputy Prime Minister Dritan Abazović - Filip Adžić, violated the Law on the Prevention of Corruption because he went on a donated trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in December 2021, which he had to refuse or inform the foreign donor that he could not accept such a gift.
This is stated in the decision of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.
"It is established that public official Filip Adžić violated Article 18, paragraph 1 and Article 19, paragraph 1 of the Law on the Prevention of Corruption because, in connection with the performance of his public office, he received a gift that was neither protocol nor appropriate, which related to the payment of travel expenses on a working visit to Dubai and Abu Dhabi (UAE) in December 2021, and he was obliged to refuse it or inform the donor that he could not accept the gift," the ASK decision, signed by Acting Director Dušan Drakić, emphasized.
This institution was deciding on this case for the second time, after the Administrative Court, following a lawsuit filed by the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector, determined that the previous ASK leadership, led by Jelena Perović, had not properly determined the situation.
Perović stated in the decision that was challenged before the Administrative Court that Adžić did not violate the regulations because the trip in question was not related to the performance of a public function, but was exclusively about a private organization, and that it was unclear to him that, in addition to performing a public function, he could not have his privacy…”.
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