Third selection of Vesna Medenica grossly violates the Constitution

17. 07. 2019.

By electing Ms. Vesna Medenica for the third time as President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, the Judicial Council grossly violated the Constitution, which prohibits in Article 124 (5) the same person from being elected more than twice for the post (“The same person may be elected the president of the Supreme Court no…

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A story of the public procurement data which are no longer public

16. 07. 2019.

Author: Marija Mirjačić Public Procurement Report for 2018 on 46 pages (including attachments) which the Government adopted, confirms how right we were to doubt that the public procurement system will develop better and faster under the Ministry of Finance, stated Ana Đurnić from Institute Alternative for Daily Vijesti. Đurnić claims that this year’s Report lacks…

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Petition remains without effect when it reveals how officials obtain flats

12. 07. 2019.

The Ministry of Public Administration rejected the petition asking for a change of policy on the publication of the report on the work of the Commissions in charge of distributing budgetary funds E-petitions are only acceptable to the Government if that service is not used to uncover what is at the core of the monopoly…

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Government of Montenegro puts private interests ahead of the interest of public to know

12. 07. 2019.

Petition “Our money, their flats and secret funds” stopped in its tracks The Government of Montenegro Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) did not approve the launch of the e-petition of ten NGOs asking the Government to publish, at last, the information concerning the expenditure of budgetary reserve funds and the flats allocated to officials. In…

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IA at the Fair of NGOs

03. 07. 2019.

Institute Alternative was one of the 36 promoters that presented work of their organisation on the Fair of non – governmental organisations, held on June 22, 2019 in Berane. The fair called „NGO EXPO 2019“ was organised for the fourth time, and during the past years this fair gathered citizens and activists from civil society…

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Muk: Montenegro made too little of a progress in fields disputable from the very beginning

03. 07. 2019.

Montenegro has progressed on the European path, but not enough if taking into account the resources invested in this process, primarily the investments of the EU and other international and local actors, stated President of the Managing Board of Institute Alternative, Stevo Muk. Muk commented on the seven years of the Montenegrin negotiations with the…

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