"I listen to all of you, so I will do the same. I can only imagine what mental strength you needed to fight all these years with all kinds of things... that's why I admire you, you fight and overcome it every moment, not everyone can do that. ..”, are some of the messages sent by the judge of the Court of Appeal Mirjana Popović wrote for years on the Viber platform to the former president of the Supreme Court Vesni Medenici.
Popović, who will appear today at the interview before the Judicial Council for the position of President of the Court of Appeal, often expresses her admiration in numerous messages to Medenica, reports on the cases that the head of the judiciary at the time asks her about, but also congratulates her illegal, third mandate in July 2019. .
"From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate you on your re-election", wrote Popović, who in her communication with Medenica does not hesitate to thank her for the opportunities she gives her...
"I appreciate it immensely and I try to justify your trust at every opportunity".
In addition to Popović, her colleague submitted her candidacy to the public advertisement of the Judicial Council on January 9 Diana Radulović because they intend to replace the current president of the Court of Appeal Mušika Dujović, who is retiring at the end of the week.
In intimate communication, during 2018 and 2019, Medenica often asks Judge Popović about some cases, decisions, sends her case numbers...
"I saw the decision, but I didn't have time to read it. Was the cancellation necessary", is one of the messages Medenica asks the judge.
She then reports to her in detail.
"Unfortunately, yes... first of all, the issue of whether the Montenegrin court is competent to judge and which law should be applied - Canadian or ours - must be discussed," answers Popović.
At the end of 2019, Popović thanked her for the opportunities he gave her for the umpteenth time.
"Once again, I want to thank you for the opportunities you give me. I appreciate it immensely and I try to justify your trust at every opportunity, because for me it is a responsibility that I take very seriously", wrote Popović.
She also informed the head of the judiciary that she had applied for the competition for the Constitutional Court, as well as that her opponent was also a judge of the Supreme Court. Ranko Vukić.
Medenica briefly responds with an insult to judge Vukić.
And at the end of May 2021, after Medenica left her position under pressure from numerous people due to an unconstitutional third term, Popović asked her if she should apply for a transfer to the Supreme Court.
"Here, the court decided to open the doors of the Supreme Court, only that they had not prepared in advance who. What do you think, should I apply", asks Popović.
And Medenica is brave with the words: "Surely you belong up there. You are 15 years old with a law degree”.
Judge Mirjana Popović started her internship at the bar at the end of 1998, and practiced that profession from 2001 to the end of 2010.
During her career as a lawyer, Popović represented, among other things, the company Bemax.
She continued her professional career as a judge of the Basic Court in Podgorica, and then in April 2015 she was elected as a judge of the High Court. In January last year, she was promoted to the Court of Appeal.
Radulović was elected as a judge in 2008.
Candidate for the President of the Court of Appeal, Dijana Radulović, started her internship in 2004 and for a time was also an expert associate at the High Court in Podgorica.
Radulović was elected as a judge of the Basic Court in Podgorica in 2008, and then in March 2022 she was promoted to the Court of Appeal.
At the end of last year, the Judicial Council chose her as a disciplinary prosecutor, and her first case was the case against High Court judge Suzana Mugoša, for whom she requested disciplinary sanctions due to her publicly stated views about her colleagues and their actions in the "coup d'etat" case.
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