While Prime Minister Milojko Spajić criticizes some courts for being ineffective, one of the proceedings against the Deputy Prime Minister of his Government, Niko Đeljošaj, is out of date.
"If it's justice, I'm not afraid of justice at all. Injustices, colleagues will present their position as to whether they are in favor of letting the injustice go''.
This is how the Deputy Prime Minister Nik Đeljošaj spoke in the Parliament eight months ago about the criminal proceedings that are being conducted against him for calling for resistance during the coronavirus, while at the same time he was tried before the Misdemeanor Court for grossly insulting police officers on November 8, 2022. There will be no justice in that case, whatever it may be.
"We inform you that in the case against the defendant Nik Đeljošaj from Tuzi, a decision was made, suspending the proceedings due to the onset of the absolute statute of limitations for misdemeanor proceedings on November 5, 2024," the Podgorica Misdemeanor Court announced to Television Vijesti.
On the fourth of November two years ago, police officers stopped an Audi Q7 with visibly tinted front windows, which is prohibited by law. The driver Junčaj allegedly said that the owner of the car was Đeljošaj, who soon arrived for the technical inspection where the vehicle was sent, according to an official note that TV Vijesti had access to.
"Đeljošaj is speaking to us saying why are you mistreating my children. We replied that no one is mistreating them, that they were sitting in the vehicle until he came and that we had no communication with them. He is speaking with the words 'Shame on you, you will pay for this, I swear se, this is just the beginning'. We warned him that he can't make threats to us, but he continued – 'I'm Malisor, we'll see when this is over.' threat, to which he replied 'Tooth for tooth.' it is written in the official note.
The police filed a criminal complaint against Đeljošaj, but the primary prosecutor, Slađana Španjević Volkov, dismissed it only seven months later and decided to prosecute Đeljošaj for misdemeanor charges. However, the prosecution claim:
"The Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica did not in any way contribute to the occurrence of the statute of limitations".
Today, the Misdemeanor Court states that they acted in a timely manner and took all actions to complete the proceedings, and the hearings were postponed for legal reasons. However, eight months ago, they were talking like this:
"The hearings were attended by the authorized representative of the applicant and the defense attorney of the defendant, and they were postponed at the request of the defense, due to the obligation of the defendant Nik Đeljošaj to attend the sessions of the Tuza Municipal Assembly, the Government sessions, or due to improper service for the defendant," said the Court of Misdemeanors at the end of March.
And indeed, on July 20, 2023, at 16:30 p.m., when the trial was scheduled, Đeljošaj attended the session of the SO Tuzi. However, when he became a member of the executive power, there were no Government sessions at the times when the trial was supposed to take place, at 15, 30 and 18 p.m.
After that, there were new delays, and then a change of judge.
TV Vijesti asked Đeljošaj through the cabinet a week ago whether he contributed to the statute of limitations, but he did not receive an answer.
For the criminal procedure of invoking resistance, Đeljošaj invoked immunity before the Basic Court.
On March 7, the administrative committee proposed to the Assembly not to remove his immunity, but the deputies have not decided on it for eight months. The beginning of that trial was previously postponed eleven times at the request of the accused or their lawyer.
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