The trial of the former mayor of Ulcinj Ljora Nrekić and his associates was postponed the day before yesterday in the High Court in Podgorica until the Parliament of Montenegro declares the removal of the immunity from criminal prosecution of the former head of the local parliament and current member of parliament Ilir Capuni.
This was confirmed to "Vijesti" by a lawyer Zoran Piperović, legal representative of Čapunija.
Nrekić, the current deputy of the Albanian Alliance, Čapunij, and four other former and current officials from Ulcinj are on trial because they allegedly illegally employed 14 people during 2020 and thus abused their official position.
Čapuni is in a letter to the acting judge Vesni Kovačević wrote that he waives parliamentary immunity in order to prove in the ongoing proceedings that he did not commit the crime he is accused of. He reminded that during the discussion at the hearing on January 25.01.2024, 22.11.2023. confirmed that in the meantime there have been status changes because on XNUMX. confirmed the mandate of the MP in the Parliament of Montenegro.
"And I stated that in this proceeding I waive the immunity from criminal prosecution prescribed by Article 86 of the Constitution of Montenegro. I am doing this because I did not receive a mandate from the citizens to secure any benefit for myself. I do not receive a salary from the Parliament of Montenegro. I did not receive a mandate from the citizens to ensure legal protection in the form of immunity. I was given a mandate to fight for Albanians in Montenegro to be treated equally in education, healthcare, economic development... I was given a mandate to fight for Albanians not to be "positively discriminated against" in indictments, but to ensure that the Montenegrin judiciary Gore acts equally in equal matters," said Judge Kovačević in a letter to Čapuni.
He claims "that we are being charged with an act that did not damage the budget of the Municipality of Ulcinj, nor was any citizen discriminated against, which we will prove during the proceedings."
"Because of the above, I declare again, now in writing, that in this proceeding I waive the immunity from prosecution that is guaranteed to me as a member of the Parliament of Montenegro by the Constitution. I am convinced that we will be acquitted and that this will set an example of fair and equal treatment, regardless of whether someone's last name is Nrekić and someone is Kusovac, or someone is called Ilir and the other is Jakov", Čapuni said.
Regardless of Čapunji's waiver of immunity, the state parliament decides on it by voting at the plenary session, on the proposal of the Administrative Board.
The prosecution accuses Nrekić that from January 31 to November 30, 2020, in Ulcinj, as an official and public functionary, the President of the Municipality, by exceeding the limits of his official authority, obtained benefits for others and seriously violated the rights of others in a manner that is contrary to the Law on Local Self-Government. Agreement on the reprogramming of the tax debt of the Municipality of Ulcinj dated May 5.5.2015, 4.12.2015. and the Agreement on the regulation of mutual relations based on the realization of the rehabilitation plan of the Municipality of Ulcinj with credit indebtedness with a state guarantee from 200 December 14. without publishing an advertisement for the implementation of the procedure for filling positions and without obtaining a positive opinion and consent of the Ministry of Finance for new employment, and contrary to Article XNUMX of the Labor Law, he concluded contracts for the performance of temporary and occasional jobs with XNUMX persons for the purpose of performing certain jobs.
Čapuni, the secretary of the Ulcinj Secretariat for Finance, is included in the indictment of the SDT. Sead Osmanovic, former secretary of the Secretariat for Communal Activities and Environmental Protection Mustafa Goran, former director of the Protection and Rescue Service Saubih Mehmeti and secretary of the Communal Police Milazim Mustafa.
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