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The Appointment of the Chief Special Prosecutor
-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
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
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
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…
Montenegrin MPs are Difficult to Reach via Email
Level of availability of Montenegrin MPs for communication via email is low, according to the research conducted by Institute Alternative and designed to determine the response rate of Montenegrin MPs to email messages sent to addresses listed on the parliamentary website. Institute Alternative conducted research aimed at identifying the level of availability of MPs for…
Equal Chances for All Media in Montenegro?
The research coordinator, Jovana Marović has participated in the project carried out by Centre for Civic Education „Equal opportunities for all media in Montenegro?“, which is supported by the Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany in Montenegro. Jovana researched the part of analysis which refers to procurement and media advertising of public administration. This part…