A member of the Democratic People’s Party (DNP) Nikola Jovanovic and Vladimir Bulatovic, a nephew of DF official Predrag Bulatovic, were arrested on suspicion of being members of a criminal group allegedly formed by PzP leader Nebojsa Medojevic, CdM learns. Bulatovic was interrogated in the Special State Prosecutor’s Office, after which he was released pending trial.
“The special prosecutor declared the proceedings classified, so the content of my speech is very restricted. I do not understand why the proceedings are secret, but I respect that. My client meticulously denied everything he is charged presenting facts supporting his claims. Therefore, I think that charges against him cannot be sustained, and I believe that this will be shown in the further proceedings,” said Bulatovic’s attorney Dragan Soc.
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DF official Predrag Bulatovic gave a statement to the press, pointing out that he did this not because he was a politician, but because his nephew Vladimir, the son of his eldest brother, was in custody and under media pressure only because he was his uncle.
“He has no guilt except the fact that one of opposition leaders Predrag Bulatovic is his uncle. He is a decent and honest family man, working in a private company as an economist. He is father of two and can be considered as an honourable citizen of Montenegro. While I am giving this statement, all media in Montenegro wrongly published his name, but were correct when releasing that I am his uncle. I will not comment on the fact that his hearing before the prosecutor all but started without the presence of his attorney, although Dragan Soc gave an explanation of that matter yesterday,” Bulatovic said.
The DF official says he knows that Milo Djukanovic is behind this case. As he put it, Djukanovic is at the top of the pyramid and his executor is Milivoje Katnic.
“What is shameful is the fact that they have resorted to attacking young people and our family members. I know that Katnic is bothered by the fact that I was among the first to work on the dismantling of his state coup. This is the message for him and Djukanovic – stay away from our children because they are innocent. Attack us, the DF officials you are bias about, I’m at your disposal. It would be a great honour for me to be prosecuted by Djukanovic and Katnic on the basis of application of their laws. They will not be able to make any of us give in,” said Predrag Bulatovic.
As a reminder, Democratic Front official Iva Pavlovic, the DF Official Slaven Radunovic’s son Luka Radunovic and a New Serb Democracy (NOVA) Petar Draskovic were also arrested. The arrest warrant was issued by special state prosecutor Lidija Vukcevic on suspicion of being members of a criminal organisation dealing with money laundering.
Pavlovic was released pending trial.
After the yesterday’s hearing, she that the only sin she was charged with was the fact that she was a part of the Movement for Changes (PzP) and DF.
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Radunovic and Draskovic were also released pending trial after being questioned
“I spent the night in custody like a criminal. As a man with unstained personal and professional reputation, I am suffering probably for being a decent and honest Serb,” Draskovic said.
This is an extension of the investigation into money laundering the Special State Prosecutor’s Office is conducting against the PzP leader Nebojsa Medojevic and several other officials of that party.
In addition to the arrested, the list of suspects contains the names of the PzP leader Nebojsa Medojevic, businessman Momir Nikolic, PzP director Dejan Vujisic, technical secretary of the party and Medojevic’s brother in law, Zeljko Scepanovic, and local foreign currency dealer Gordan Konatar. The investigation also included five street foreign currency dealers – Milos Mrva Gvozdenovic, Dejan and Violeta Buskovic, Zeljko Pejovic and Radovan Scekic.
Medojevic and Nikolic allegedly created a plan to put money gained through illegal conversion of foreign currency in the payment system, as well as the money obtained for the illegal financing of certain political parties for general elections.
“Nebojsa Medojevic was tasked with recruiting members of the criminal organization that will be engaged in unauthorised exchange the US dollars to euro and putting the money in legal flows for the needs of political entities; organising delivery of money obtained from illegal activities to other members of the organisation and citizens who will pay this money to bank accounts of political entities as donations; directing the statements of members of the criminal organization in case the plan is busted; and coming up with new forms of illegal transfers of money obtained by criminal activities into legal flows,” the Special Prosecutor’s Office’s document says.
Medojevic’s parliamentary immunity has been lifted due to these charges. However, he has not been detained based on the binding instruction the supreme state prosecutor Ivica Stankovic sent to the Special State Prosecutor’s Office.
