Democrats: Radović is Veselin Veljović's cadre, Šaranović to ensure the functioning of the sector until the resolution of the government crisis

Democratic Montenegro announced that the new Acting Director of the Police Administration, Aleksandar Radović, was a staff member of the former head of the police, Veselin Veljović, accused of committing serious crimes in the field of organized crime and corruption.

"All members of the Democrats' Club of Deputies congratulate Danilo Šaranović, the Minister of Internal Affairs, for his dignified behavior in defense of the Law, the Constitution and the principles on which Democratic Montenegro was founded, and for not succumbing to the pressure to elect as acting director of the Police Administration personnel who, according to information available in the media, they did not pass the polygraph," the announcement reads.

"The Club of Deputies supports Minister Saranović's position that he and his legal team should prosecute all illegally made decisions, inform the competent state authorities about the suspected commission of criminal acts by members of the Government, caused by scandalous violations of the law, and ensure that until the resolution of the crisis, the government provides legal and the stable functioning of the sector he heads. Being a team leader does not mean standing above others and fighting for privileges and power, but being a role model in defending what is right, regardless of the personal political cost," states the statement signed by the deputies Democrats in the Parliament of Montenegro Boris Bogdanović, Zdenka Popović, Anđela Vojinović, Nikola Rovčanin, Albin Ćeman, Momčilo Leković and Duško Stjepović.

This morning, around three o'clock in the morning, the government elected the head of the Sector for Financial-Intelligence Affairs, Aleksandar Radović, as the acting director of the police, on the proposal of Prime Minister Milojko Spajić.

The law stipulates that the acting police director is proposed by the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Previously, during the marathon session of the Government, which was interrupted several times, the Prime Minister proposed that Radović be the "coordinator" of the Police Directorate, even though this is not foreseen by the Law on Internal Affairs.

That proposal 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".

After the election of Radović, Šaranović told "Vijesta" that he would inform the competent state authorities about the suspicion that criminal acts were committed at the Government session, because it "exceeded the limits of its authority" and elected Radović.