The government and the opposition are united by dissatisfaction with the work of the State Prosecutor's Office. Instead of a prosecutor's office free from political pressure, MPs want that institution to suit their own needs, said TV Vijesti's interlocutors. They say that MPs' interference in the prosecution's actions in cases is unacceptable, but that criticism is justified in terms of a more open relationship between the State Prosecutor's Office and the Parliament.
"I believe that the Supreme Prosecutor's Office could understand the message sent to it yesterday and take a different, more open, more responsible attitude towards the Parliament," said Stevo Muk, President of the Board of Directors of the Alternative Institute and former member of the Prosecutorial Council.
"Behind the interest of at least some of the deputies of the political parties represented in the Parliament, there are no specific issues related to the work of the State Prosecutor's Office or the Report that was discussed, but rather their key objection is related to the prosecution's actions in cases that concern them," he adds.
"Responsibility for the current situation in the judiciary is being avoided, and somewhere, as I have already said, it seems that both the government and the opposition want a prosecutor's office tailored to their needs. So, they want a prosecutor's office where ... politics dictates cases, dictates processes, dictates the path. This is truly worrying," says Milena Marković, editor of "Monitor".
The President of the state also commented on the work of the State Prosecutor's Office through the impressions of citizens.
"It seems to me, when I talk to citizens, that the State Prosecutor's Office could pay additional attention to certain cases," said Milatović.
Yesterday, the State Prosecutor's Office's Chief Prosecutor Milorad Marković presented a report on the work of the State Prosecutor's Office, and members of parliament from part of the government mainly spoke about unfulfilled expectations regarding the cases against the former regime and former President Milo Đukanović.
They mentioned the Telekom affair, for which the statute of limitations has recently expired, Limenka, and war crimes in Montenegro. Part of the government reproaches the VDT, and the opposition agrees, that cases against Prime Minister Milojko Spajić are being avoided, and one of them is, as they say, a secret debt of 750 million. The opposition is demanding a reaction to the missing monument to Pavle Đurišić, in the case of Vesna Bratić and numerous others.
"The majority of that anger and rage is being addressed to the account and placed under the responsibility of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, even though these are undoubtedly decisions of the Special State Prosecutor's Office and the special prosecutors who work there and the heads of the Special State Prosecutor's Office," Muk believes.
"It is undeniable that there are problems in the judiciary, that there are problems in the Prosecutor's Office, however, there are mechanisms, if we respect the Constitution and the rule of law, to resolve these problems," Marković emphasizes.
Assembly Speaker Andrija Mandić showed how angry they are with the VDT.
"I was the one who decided that he should be elected Supreme State Prosecutor. I made a big mistake, and I apologize to you, just as I think that Mr. Marković should resign after this," Mandić said in the Parliament.
"Start the procedure, 25 MPs are enough to start the procedure and remove the Supreme State Prosecutor. If you think this Supreme State Prosecutor is no good, go ahead," Marković replied.
The majority of MPs announced that they would not vote for the Report on the Work of the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office, which will not have direct consequences for Marković, or will not automatically result in the initiation of proceedings for his dismissal.
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