The government elected Aleksandar Radović as the acting director of the police by a majority vote on the proposal of Prime Minister Milojko Spajić.
He proposed Radović for that position, even though it was not an item on the agenda.
The government previously adopted by a majority of votes the conclusion authorizing Spajić to propose the acting director of the police, although this has no basis in the Law on Internal Affairs.
The law stipulates that the acting police director is proposed by the Minister of Internal Affairs.
Previously, the Prime Minister proposed that Radović be the "coordinator" of the Police Administration, which was not voted on at the Government session.
During the discussion on Spajić's proposal that Radović coordinate with the police, Minister of Internal Affairs Danilo Saranović read to members of the Government Article 416 of the Criminal Code, which describes the criminal offense of abuse of official position, which is punishable by a prison sentence of six months to five years, "Vijesti" has learned. .
Then Šaranović, whose proposal to have Lazar Šćepanović as the acting director of the Police Administration was rejected, was criticized for not providing "passability in the Government for such a proposal".
Then the ministers from the Movement Europe now asked Saranović to propose another candidate, he asked to be guaranteed "the passability of such a proposal", which he did not get.
After that, the Government session was interrupted.
During the break, at the request of one of the ministers from the Europe Now Movement, an informal meeting was held between Šaranović, Spajić and other members of the Government, at which the Minister of the Interior offered to elect Miloš Peković as acting director, the only one remaining registered for the public invitation, who, in addition to Šćepanovića, passed the polygraph test.
However, he did not receive the consent of the majority.
About twenty minutes after that meeting, the session continued, and Spajić proposed Radović as acting director of the police.
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