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Ministries Block the Allocation of Funds for NGO Projects
NGO Coalition – ‘’Through Cooperation to the Aim’’ sent urgency to Mr. Duško Marković, Prime Minister of Montenegro, regarding the irresponsible actions of several ministries in Government which prevent the adequate implementation of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and block the process of allocation of funds for NGO projects…
Court’s 16 months of silence about Jelić’s involvement in Prva bank
Institute Alternative: Agency for Prevention of Corruption classifies the part time employment of the SAI Senate member in Aco Đukanović’s bank, as a scientific, teaching, artistic or sport activity. For more than a year, the Administrative Court has not judged whether the Agency for Prevention of Corruption correctly interpreted the Law when it found that…
Criminal charge against the Judicial Court
Three non-governmental organisations the Human Rights Action (HRA), Network for the Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) and Institute Alternative (IA) submitted a criminal charge against members of the Judicial Council of Montenegro to the Supreme State and Chief Special Prosecutors. The Judicial Council consists of the president of the Supreme Court, minister of justice,…
Boasts without basis for transparency of the ministries
Although the Ministry of Public Administration and Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information claim that the ministries proactively publish over 90 percent of the information required by the Law on Free Access to Information, the Institute Alternative’s findings show that it is not so. According to the Law on Free Access…
Accountable public finances, Other, Public administration reform
Government grants those who need to control, investigate and judge
Several Constitutional Court judges are in sort of conflict of interest, since they are also beneficiaries of the rights conferred on them by the impugned Law. What makes even more apparent the negative effects of government gifts to judges, considers Stevo Muk. Stevo Muk commented for the European pulse the current situation following the publication…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
New IA project: For the Better Use of Public Money
Institute Alternative (IA) started implementing a new project ”For the Better Use of Public Money!“. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to establishing transparent, competitive and effective public procurement system in Montenegro. Project is financially supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands. Specific objectives of the project are to: Provide…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Housing Commission, a phantom organ that has been breaking laws for years
In an effort to completely clear up many controversies surrounding the work of the Housing Commission, new issues are continually raised and new breaches of the law are found. Thus, among other things, the Commission which is an independent authority that is subject to the Law on Free Access to Information has been violating this…
Accountable public finances, Other, Public administration reform
Documentary “Envelope”
Clip published in January this year clearly shows Knežević, as one of the wealthiest Montenegrins and until recently very close to Milo Đukanović, handing over a (cash stuffed) envelope to a high DPS official Slavoljub Stijepović just before 2016 election. Duško Knežević, who fell out with the clique released a video which explains what lays…
Accountable public finances, Blog, EU accession negotiations
Housing Corruption
The Government has released a list of 98 officials whose so-called housing needs it has resolved. Although this is only a small part of the complete information which the public is rightfully requesting from the government, the extent of the injustice is obvious. It showed what we already suspected. Citizen’s money is being squandered by…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
The Agency for Prevention of Corruption protects conflict of interest instead of prosecuting it
Human Rights Action (HRA), Network for the Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS), Alternative Institute (IA) and Centre for Civic Education (CCE) submitted, on 9 August 2019, two requests to the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (APC), suggesting this body to establish violation of the provisions of the Law on Prevention of Corruption, in…
13,6 million euros donated to public officials in a decade
In Slovenia and Croatia, EU member states which were once part of Yugoslavia, there is no policy of granting housing loans to public servants and officials Information that 96 officials gained apartment or housing loan on preferential terms since 2016 is only the tip of the iceberg, since more than a 13,6 million euros were…
2,5 million from Tivat’s budget for apartments and loans
The story of siphoning public funds into the pockets of public officials in Tivat over the last three years Municipality of Tivat spent more than 2,5 million for “resolving housing issues“ of local officials in past 3 years, during the mandate of the DPS-SD-HGI coalition, through budget payments, tax deductions and donations of municipal property.…