The "session" case will not quickly receive its eventual criminal epilogue, because the Special State Prosecutor's Office will not "for now" form a case until the Administrative Court, to which the Ministry of Internal Affairs will file a lawsuit, decides on the legality of the decision to appoint the acting director of the police.
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"Next week, the MUP will file a complaint with the Administrative Court regarding the illegal election of the acting director of the police," said a "Vijesti" source from the MUP.
Yesterday, VDT announced yesterday that for the time being, it will not file a criminal case ex officio regarding the decision at the Government session where the Acting Director of the Police Directorate was elected.
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"Bearing in mind the fact that the determination of the legality of the Government's decisions is within the jurisdiction of the Administrative Court, the competent State Prosecutor's Office will not, for the time being, ex officio form a criminal case on this matter", announced the VDT
The press release states that the Code of Criminal Procedure stipulates the obligation of officials and responsible persons in state bodies to report criminal offenses that are prosecuted ex officio, of which they are informed or learn about in the course of their duties. "We inform the public that in connection with the decision-making at the 20th session of the Government, none of the Government officials filed a criminal complaint with the State Prosecutor's Office".
A source from the MUP said that they will provide information to the SDT until the decision of the Administrative Court.
"Given that the VDT has announced that it will not open a criminal case until the decision of the Administrative Court, and that the suspicion that a crime has been committed has been publicly announced, which is enough to initiate proceedings, the ministry will, at the request of the SDT, forward materials and information to the prosecution until then", said the interlocutor.
Defense Minister Dragan Krapović requested that the General Secretariat of the Government provide him with the recording of the disputed session.
"Vijesti" has learned that for now there will be no criminal charges, which Šaranović announced after the Government session.
The VDT told "Vijesti" on Wednesday that the competent prosecutor's office is "collecting information" about the events at the session where the Government appointed the acting director of the police on the proposal of Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, even though the law stipulates that he is proposed by the Minister of the Interior.
"The competent state prosecutor's office collects information about the events during the Government session in order to make a decision regarding whether or not a case should be filed in a specific case", was the answer to "Vijesta" from VDT.
Several lawyers contacted by "Vijesti" said that the criminal offense that the members of the Government were warned about after they rejected the proposal of Minister Danilo Šaranović for acting director of the police and began to consider the possibility that Prime Minister Milojko Spajić nominates his own candidate is the competent Special state prosecutor's office. "It is about the suspicion of corrupt behavior of state officials," said one interlocutor of "Vijesti".
On Thursday, at the press conference after the Government session, Spajić said that no one had contacted him from SDT.
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On March 13, around three o'clock in the morning, the government elected Aleksandar Radović, head of the Sector for Financial Intelligence Affairs, as acting director of the police on the proposal of Spajić. Šaranović's proposal that Lazar Šćepanović be acting director of the Police Administration was rejected. On the occasion of the election of Radović, members of the Government from the Democrats Aleksa Bečić, Momo Koprivica, Danilo Saranović, Dragan Krapović, Vladimir Martinović and Tamara Vujović expressed their opinion, as well as the Minister of Justice Andrej Milović.
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.
On Thursday evening, he said in the Načisto show on TV Vijesti that "if there are criminal acts, it will be determined by the competent court authorities".
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When the journalist insisted that he answer the question against whom he would file the report, he said that the SDT had taken the initial steps to establish responsibility.
"I look forward to the institutions themselves initiating these procedures," Saranović said.
He said that it is in everyone's interest that the Administrative Court determine whether the decision on the appointment of the acting director of the police was made in a legal or illegal manner and announced that the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) will initiate an administrative dispute.
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