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Criminal Procedure Code – It’s Parliament’s turn!
The Government Working Group for preparation of amendments on Criminal Code Procedure was formed in March 2013 and it is justified that they were working for so long on this the most important legal document in the field of criminal justice. The Government submitted the Proposal Law to the Parliament on 11 May this year…
TV Show “Replika” dedicated to the Criminal Procedure Code
Our researcher Dina Bajramspahić participated in a TV Show “Replika”, which airs every Monday at 8 pm on RTCG 1. The topic was Law on amendments of the Criminal Procedure Code which is now in the parliamentary procedure. Apart from Dina, other guests were: Veselin Vukčević, Deputy Chief State Prosecutor Radovan Ljumović, Department for Analytics,…
Press Release: Public Administration Reform is uncoordinated and non-transparent
Poor process coordination, delay in reporting and fulfillment of the measures outlined in the strategic documents, including the persistent disposal of rationalization of the number of employees, continue to be the most urgent issues in public administration reform in Montenegro. At the end of May, The Council for Improvement of Business Environment, Regulatory and Structural…
Press Release: The government excludes the public from negotiations process
Refusing to report quarterly on the progress of the negotiation process in chapters 23 and 24, not allowing the NGO representatives to attend the meetings of the Rule of law Council, as well as the selective availability of information to members of the working groups, are not good for the negotiation process and represent a…
Press Release: Who is responsible for the current situation in the area of concessions?
The Parliamentary committee on Economy, Finance and Budget will hold a control hearing tomorrow on topic: “Implementation of the policy, i.e. the laws in the area of concessions, with the review of the realization of the conclusions of the Parliament of Montenegro, brought in regard to the reviewing the work of the Commission for concession…
Who Still Cares About the Affairs of the Previous Mayor
These days we are impatiently looking forward to the Local committee for Carine and Aluminium Plant Podgorica, KAP (full title is pretentious and too long) to finally complete its work and prepare the announced report. That will be the first step in the fulfillment of what was presented as a key point of the agreement…
Our contribution to the control hearing on concessions
On Monday, the Parliamentary committee on Economy, Finance and Budget will hold a control hearing “Implementation of the policy, i.e. the laws in the area of concessions, with the review of the realization of the conclusions of the Parliament of Montenegro, brought in regard to the reviewing the work of the Commission for concession in…
Despite the progress, citizens continue to be critical in assessment of the state administration
Although more than 60% of the citizens believe that the quality of work of the public administration is bad, they assess the work of the state authorities better than three years ago, according to the survey of public opinion, conducted by Ipsos Strategic Marketing for the purposes of Institute alternative (IA). One quarter of the…
Establish the Fund in order to stimulate media pluralism
Non-governmental organisations Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Centre for the development of NGOs (CDNGOs), Institute Alternative (IA) and Goran Đurović, member of working group for drafting of Proposal of Law on the amendments of law on electronic media, expressed their satisfaction due to the continuation of work of TV “Vijesti”. Upon the payment of its…
Press Release: Concessionaires without a control
Concession policy in Montenegro is not controlled, non-transparent, and brings multimillion damage to the both national and local budgets, but Government does not do anything to improve such situation in the area for years, since it does not publish neither data on contract nor the data on the concessionaires’ debt, and furthermore, does not improve…
Corruption in public procurement is all-present but difficult to prove
Shortcomings of the Law on Public Procurement, weak anti-corruption mechanisms, inadequate transparency, violation of legal norms without data on misdemeanor responsibility, and poor law enforcement capacities are key issues that create space for the corruption in public procurement. This is the conclusion of the consultative meeting held today, which gathered the representatives of the business…
Statement on Publishing the Data on Secret Surveillance Measures in Criminal Procedures
Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) which is now in parliamentary procedure, introduces changes to the extension of the measures of secret surveillance, the circle of persons whom these measures may apply to and the authority that can determine them. Even though, in principle, we are not against expanding the possibilities…