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Radončić: “Vijesti” wants to silence other media

Radončić ispred suda, FOTO: CDM

Mr Šeki Radončić, journalist, testified today at the hearing on the lawsuit filed by Mr Miodrag Perović against CdM, due to publishing a series of texts entitled “Voyeur and a ballerina” in Dnevne novine. The text focuses on criminal acts of Mr Perović and “Vijesti”. As he pointed out, this is the chase of the media octopus aimed against him, which is conducted by Perović.

“They are not suing me, but the media, with the aim of preventing us from publishing my texts. This is the abuse of the justice system, judicial system and journalists, abuse of media for the sake of private interests”, Mr Radončić said.

He explained why he had written the series of texts about the businessman Duško Knežević.

“Since he endangered monetary system of Montenegro, I found it necessary to write a series of texts about the robbery of the century. Other portals published them too, without asking me for consent. Co-owners of “Vijesti” are just secondary characters in the series”, Mr Radončić points out.

CdM attorney, Mr Nikola Martinović, asked Mr Radončić about his relation with Mr Miodrag Perović.

“We have known each for more than 30 years. We started cooperating in “Monitor”. I was a research journalist and he was manager. Soon we became friends. We fought for sovereign and democratic Montenegro”, Mr Radončić recalls.

However, in 1992 some unpleasant situations started to take place in the editorial staff.

“A huge amount of money was donated to “Monitor”, millions from abroad. Perović suddenly become a rich man. He has pharmacies, he buys apartments from Aco Đukanović, shares in the Montenegrin Commercial Bank…”, Mr Radonćić points out.

He says Mr Perović also had strong political ambitions.

“He saw himself as president of  Montenegro. He asked journalists to write texts about him, and to write negatively about Mr Slavko Perović, as he considered Slavko his strongest competition. He projected Mr Željko Ivanović as Prime Minister, Ms Milka Tadić-Mijović as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr Esad Kočan as adviser”, Mr Radončić says.

In 1994, Mr Željko Ivanović was appointed director of “Monitor””. According to Mr Radončić, Mr Ivanović opposed Me Perović’s robbery.

“Journalists had 5 marks per text. That would lead to conflicts”, Mr Radončić claims.

After that, 11 journalists decide to form “Vijesti”.

“Perović lied he was founder of “Vijesti”. That wasn’t true because we are all founders of “Vijesti” and “Monitor”, Mr Radončić points out.

Several years after, Mr Perović and Mr Ivanović decided to sell 50% of shares of “Vijesti” to “Waz” from Vienna.

“They rewrote shares to their name by forging signature of ten journalists. I asked for my money. I made a deal – they should give me €90.000 immediately and then Perović was supposed to give me another €10.000 three months later. I knew they would start blackmailing judges. There’s documentation that corroborates the payment in the amount of €90.000 in the Montenegrin Commercial Bank. I am not sure if they paid the money personally or “Vijesti”. If it was “Vijesti”, then they robbed their company”, Mr Radončić says.

He says Mr Perović was doing the same with assistance from abroad.

“I will give you an example of U.S. Congress. They paid the money to “Vijesti” for printing “Danas” in Montenegro. Owners of “Vijesti ” kept that money and newspaper printing”, Mr Radončić claims.

When Mr Stanislav Ćano Koprivica discovered Perović’s malfeasance, he left “Monitor”.

“Koprivica engaged Mr Nebojša Medojević and discovered everything. Then he ended cooperation with Perović”, Mr Radončić points out.

Asked to elaborate further on “Vijesti” being media octopus, Mr Radončić says that he says that based on his personal experience.

“I think Perović created  a media octopus which functions in this way: he draws a target (politicians, judges, prosecutors, businessmen…) and then one of his media publishes a negative text or comment related to the target. And then other media report the same text or comment an d so forth”, Mr Radončić says.

He explained why he thinks “Vijesti” and Duško Knežević cooperate.

“Vijesti” acts as spokesperson of Duško Knežević, “Vijesti” is media carrier of the shamelessness”, Mr Radončić says.

He cites the example of Ms Vesna Pavlović Furth, former director of Atlas bank, who was declared dead by this medium.

“Perović buried me alive in “Vijesti”, on 23 June 2011. He said the funeral “was symbolic”, Mr Radončić says.

He also cites tow more cases to corroborate his claims.

“The fact that Mladen Brajović, former director of “Vodovod” in Podgorica, committed suicide after the series of brutal texts about him not having a faculty degree published by “Vijesti”, that’s one example. The other example is the case of the police officer Mr Božidar Jauković who pushed inebriated Slavko Perović who then fell and got injured. “Vijesti” initiated false propaganda against Mr Jauković and wrote about murder attempt which was ordered by Mr Milo Đukanović. It all resulted in Mr Jauković’s suicide”, Mr Radončić says.

He says that Miodrag Perović’s brother threatened to kill him earlier.

“He attacked me brutally by insults “Turk, go to Bosnia, you can’t live here”, Mr Radončić said.

He pointed out another threat of four or five days ago.

“Perović’s columnist, Miško Đukić, intercepted me on the Moscow bridge and then followed me to the Basic Court, provoking me. Mr Darko Šuković was with me, he witnessed everything. Đukić eventually reported me to the police, as if I attacked him”, Mr Radončić said.

The next hearing is scheduled for 23 September.

 

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