2019
Government to withdraw proposed amendments to the Law on Classified Information
12. 03. 2019.
At the initiative of NGO MANS, Institute Alternative signed a press release of the following content: GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION We urge the Government of Montenegro to withdraw the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Classified Information from the procedure, to organise a public hearing and…
According to the Government, citizens disturb authorities to accomplish their functions
12. 03. 2019.
A press statement for Daily newspaper DAN on amendments to the Law on Secrecy of Data: We are overwhelmed with the Government’s persistence in changing the norms regulating access to information and thus preventing the monitoring of public administration’s work, for years. With the new Proposal of the Law on the Secrecy of Data,…
Agency in the first line for backing DPS again
06. 03. 2019.
Agency for Prevention of Corruption (APC), with a very general and vague explanation, denied access to the Decision establishing that the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) has been illegally financed during the election campaign for the 2016 Parliamentary Elections. The Agency, in the explanation, referred to the Law on Secrecy of Data, without stating which…
New Law on Free Access to Information: Another checked box for Brussels or even more secrets?
05. 03. 2019.
Press Statement for Independent Journal “Vijesti” regarding the establishment of the Working Group for the preparation of the new Law on Free Access to Information The Government, with its Work Program, envisaged amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information, but this fact does not necessarily imply that the Government plans to improve…
Most of municipalities do not publish key budgetary documents
26. 02. 2019.
A third of municipalities did not publish the annual budget report for 2017, while only four local governments published semi-annual reports on budget execution. With the aim of presenting current situation and relevance of proactive disclosure of information on local budgets, Institute Alternative and the NGO New Horizon conducted comparative research and analysis of the…
Government ignored proposals for enhancement of its Work Programme
19. 02. 2019.
Proactive informing of citizens on the use of the budgetary reserve and of parliament on execution of budget, as well as proactive reporting on the implementation rate of the European Commission’s recommendations – these are some of the obligations that the Government has refused to include in the 2019 Work Programme. Institute Alternative has submitted…