The third day of the hearing of candidates for members of the Judicial Council: "Montenegro lacks justice"

On the third day of the hearing of candidates for members of the Judicial Council from the ranks of eminent lawyers, the assessment was repeated that there is a lack of justice in Montenegro, and that the situation can be improved by implementing, but also by amending the law on the election of the Judicial Council and judges.

This time the focus was also on current issues about the Basic Treaty and the Law on Freedom of Religion.

Former judge, now lawyer, Ivan Kadić, in front of the members of the Committee for the Political System, assessed that it is difficult to talk about the rule of law in Montenegro if thousands of cases are illegally delayed, and there is no accountability.

For Kadić, as well as the long-time professor of law at the University of Montenegro, Radoje Korać, the current questions about the Fundamental Agreement with the SPC and the laws on freedom of religion were unavoidable.

The MP's interest in the candidate for the Judicial Council, Dragan Knežević, concerned his long-term experience as a chief inspector in the Internal Control of the Police.

Lawyer and former professional athlete Fikret Kurgaš says that he would have the courage and strength not to do what is against the law and believes that much more can be achieved based on the existing norms in the judiciary.

The hearings of candidates for members of the Judicial Council from the ranks of distinguished lawyers continue tomorrow, and the members of the Committee for the Political System should, ahead of the scheduled political consultations with the President of the Assembly, agree on how and when they will continue the procedure related to the election of the VDT and a judge of the Constitutional Court.