Although the existence of dubious diplomas in Montenegro has been talked about again in recent days, apart from announcements of investigations, there is no information from the authorities about concrete results.
In the Ministry of the Interior (MUP), the only government department that currently has a commission formed on this occasion even during the mandate of the Government of Zdravko Krivokapić, they say that they now have 60 applications, but none of the procedures are even close to completion.
The Ministry of Health is silent on this topic, while the Department of Education believes that the situation will improve with the adoption of the new Law on the Recognition of Foreign Documents.
In the NGO sector, they estimate that this problem will exist as long as the institutions do not approach it with dedication and not populism.
In January of this year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs formed a Commission to check their diplomas and those of Police Administration officers.
In March, the then president of this body informed Television Vijesti that they were checking 30 applications, about dubious diplomas obtained mostly in the region.
Half a year later, the only news is that the number of applications has doubled and that the commission has a new president.
There are no other results.
The so-called fake diplomas have been talked about for a long time.
While some institutions investigate, some do not, citizens and the non-governmental sector are left to file criminal charges themselves, which some of them do.
The Center for Civic Education (CGO) has been dealing with this issue for more than a decade, but all this time they have not recognized the will of the authorities to reveal those who have disputed diplomas, and thus also those who issue them.
The MUP repeats that they are doing their job as best they know how, even though there are no criminal charges yet.
It would be responsible if someone, if he has a fake diploma, does not take the place of an unemployed university graduate with a credible diploma.
The fact that currently the officers whose diplomas are being examined are working unhindered, in lower and higher positions, in the MUP is justified by the presumption of innocence.
If this is the answer even in half a year, it will still be clear that the presumption of innocence is just a cheap excuse to keep everything as it was, and a clear signal to fake faculty members that they can relax in their undeserved jobs.
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