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Accountable public finances, Rule of law
No Bribe-Related Cases in Special State Prosecution’s Office
Author: PR Centar There are no cases of bribing or receiving bribes in the Special State Prosecutor’s Office, which is the most important criminal offense in the field of corruption related offenses, as stated at the second panel of Institute Alternative (IA). At the second panel “Repressive Fight against Corruption”, Public Policy Researcher at the…
Accountable public finances, Rule of law
Institutions to Be More Proactive in the Fight against Corruption
Author: PR Center Montenegro will not be ready to conclude the EU accession negotiations in due time, if anti-corruption institutions continue to work at the current pace, said Stevo Muk, President of the Managing Board of the Institute Alternative (IA). At the panel discussion “Towards Qualitative Signs of the Anti-corruption Efficacy” organized by IA, Muk…
New Law Provisions Further Restrict the Public’s Right to Know: Data under Lock and Key, Backed by the Agency
Non-governmental organisations point out absurdity in rejecting old requests based on new legal restrictions, while member of the Agency’s Senate, Radenko Lacmanović, warns that data can be declared tax and business secret for indefinite period of time. Again everything can be hidden from the public. This is a consequence of last year’s Amendments to the…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Reaction to the Proposed Amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Corruption
Councillors in Local Assemblies Not to be Heads of Public Companies and Institutions We call on the MPs not to support proposed amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Corruption, which foresee exclusion of councillors in local assemblies from the application of restrictions in the performance of public functions in public companies and public…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law, Social policy
Weaker Progress Compared to Previous Years
Despite the Government’s praises, detailed analysis of the European Commission’s Montenegro 2018 Report shows that the grades for progress are worse in the last report than in the previous two (2015 and 2016). Take a look at the grades for each chapter as well as our estimate of average grade for each year:
What does the Report of the European Commission shows: No Progress in the Reform of Managing the Public Finances
State Audit Institution cannot carry out the tasks in its current composition, legal amendments in the area of public procurement caused stagnation, while civil society should be more involved in the monitoring of Public Finance Management Reform Programme – these are the conclusions from the European Commission’s Report for Montenegro. By fulfilling the Chapter 32…