The Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information, with a sudden turn in the interpretation of the Law on Free Access to Information, contrary to the previously established practice, has enabled political parties in Montenegro to hide data on their finances.
This change came after the Special prosecution launched an investigation into suspicious donations of the largest political party, based on data obtained by MANS precisely through use of the Law on Free Access to Information.
This case study presents in what way the Agency changed the interpretation of the Law and, after 152 decisions
in which it obliged the parties to publish data, it found that political entities are no longer obliged to act under the
same Law. This study contains evidence that it is not a legal, but a political interpretation of the Law that favours
the spreading of already widespread corruption in the financing of political parties and election campaigns.
Complete case study download HERE (PDF)
