January 2015
Meeting with the Finnish Minister of Interior
22. 01. 2015.
Research coordinator, Jovana Marović, participated in the meeting with the Finnish Minister of Interior Paivi Rasanen. During the meeting, they discussed about the key challenges in the negotiation process, with a special focus on Chapters 23 and 24 – Judiciary and fundamental rights and Justice, freedom and security. Jovana presented to the Minister the problems…
How to measure corruption?
22. 01. 2015.
-Too many zeroes for progress- The sentence „Montenegro must show some measurable results in fight against coruption“ is being repeated in the Montenegrin political discourse by the representatives of the European institutions, politicians, civil society, almost like a mantra. And the universal answer to all questions and all dilemmas is that there are no any,…
The Appointment of the Chief Special Prosecutor
15. 01. 2015.
-and other topical questions on reform of the Special Prosecutor’s Office It would not be a good scenario if the President of the Supreme Court “installs” her candidate for the Chief Special Prosecutor, as speculated by the media, but it also would not be good to be elected by the High State Prosecutor, at his…
Recordings of the Parliamentary Committee Sessions to be Published
12. 01. 2015.
Parliament should further bring closer its work to citizens and enable live streaming of the committee meetings, which is already the practice in the region or, at least, publish audio recordings from these meetings. Institute Alternative has sent a letter to the Secretary General of the Parliament, with initiative to enable live streaming of all…
Public Procurements and Accountability
12. 01. 2015.
In Montenegro, one of the main problems when it comes to public procurement is the lack of accountability for violations of the Law on Public Procurement. Moreover, not every possible violation in public procurement procedure has been determined by this Law. However, amendments to the Law on Public Procurement have not dealt with these issues,…
Anticorruption Committee still Searching for its Position
12. 01. 2015.
Although the Anti-Corruption Committee has initiated many major issues during 2014, regarding risks of corruption in public procurement, there are still fundamental problems which limit, to a large extent, positioning of this working body of the Parliament in the institutional frame for fight against the corruption. As a significant improvement should be noted that the…