Zoran Piperović, a former long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Basketball Association of Montenegro, in a letter addressed to the Minister of Sports and Youth, Vasilij Lalošević, asked how it was possible that the term of office of Veselin Barović, and not Nikola Peković, the president of KSCG, expired when both are elected for a period from four years.
In the middle of June, at the KSCG Assembly, the first round for the election of the president of the Federation failed after the agenda was not adopted, and since there will be no one else in the position of the first man of our basketball, the current president Nikola Peković remained.
His opponent was Igor Lukšić, who is on good terms with Barović and former KSCG director Danilo Mitrović, so he was proposed as a candidate of their "stream".
In his letter to Lalošević, Piperović states that Barović was very clear even before.
"And he asked a very clear question. On the same day, at the extraordinary session held on May 24, 2021, Nikola Peković was elected president of the KSCG, and Veselin Barović was elected as a member of the Supervisory Board. According to you, Barović's mandate has expired, and Peković's has not. How that is possible? Why? Nikola Peković is also a member of the Board of Directors. Members and presidents are always elected for four years, although in real life, as was the case here, we have a situation where the president resigns halfway through the mandate, another comes in, and the old president is co-opted as well as the new president in the Supervisory Board," Piperović said.
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He adds that "the legislator does not know the term of two years or of half the mandate".
"But practice and common sense always rightly override the legal norm, because the duration of the mandate is not known for one year, two years - but the colloquial expression is for four years. If something is not valid for Barović, how can it be valid for someone else? As a lawyer, a basketball worker, a citizen, I am asking you, if it is not an effort for you, that you personally and one of your lawyers, I emphasize the lawyer, take into consideration again what Mr. Barović requested. It is desirable for all of us. And for the sake of basketball . And for the sake of Mr. Peković, Mr. Barović, all basketball workers and the working community of KSCG. There is no need to end something in a way that is legally questionable. That will not bring good to basketball," said Piperović.
He emphasized that there is no need to go to court because, as he stated, that would be tantamount to a disaster.
"And the worst thing is that KSCG can take a long time and be in a 'floating' state. If you want, you can answer me. If you don't answer, that's the answer," says Piperović.
In the letter, he pointed out that he is not at all interested in who will be the president of the federation.
"I know Nikola Peković, I barely know Igor Lukšić. Everything is the same to me. I will not pay attention to the rumors that reached me that you were very interested and that, as they say, you called some people. Regardless of what I would think if I I was sure it was, given the position you hold. I'm not interested in that. If it is, it's your business. I didn't mess around," Piperović concluded.
Zoran Piperović resigned as a member of the Board of Directors after Montenegro qualified for the World Cup in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
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