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<\/a><\/p>\nData obtained by the MANS Investigative Centre show that, in addition to the employees of Podgorica’s Public Utility Company “\u010cisto\u0107a”<\/a><\/strong>, the workers of the city water supply and sewerage company “Vodovod” and the Fire Department financed DPS\u2019 election campaign. Namely, in August and September, 25 of them paid over 21 thousand Euros to DPS\u2019 bank account.<\/p>\n That these are unlikely voluntary donations of citizens who support DPS is confirmed by the fact that 12 employees of the Podgorica Fire Department paid over six thousand Euros on the same day, August 18, 2016, for contributions to this party.<\/p>\n Most of that amount consisted of identical donations of \u20ac450 each, all paid in cash at the branch of Societe Generale bank (now Podgori\u010dka banka) in Moskovska Street. On that occasion, the largest donation of \u20ac1,000 was paid by the then head of the Fire Department, Andrija \u010ca\u0111enovi\u0107, current director of Podgorica’s “\u010cisto\u0107a” and a member of the Main Board of DPS.<\/p>\n DPS\u2019 account statement<\/p><\/div>\n In a similar way, during August and September, DPS campaign for 2016 parliamentary elections was supported by 13 employees of Podgorica’s “Vodovod” with nearly \u20ac 15 thousand.<\/p>\n Vladan Vu\u010deli\u0107, a long-term official of the Podgorica DPS, was the head of the city’s “Vodovod” while the employees of that company were paying donations, and two current members of the Board of Directors – Olivera \u017divkovi\u0107 and Tahir Dre\u0161evi\u0107 \u2013 are members of that party.<\/p>\n After \u010ca\u0111enovi\u0107 switched to \u010cisto\u0107a, Goran Jankovi\u0107, also a DPS official, became the head of the Fire Department.<\/p>\n Such personnel policy provides an ideal structure for exerting political influence on employees in public city enterprises, but also for channelling money of unknown origin into official funds of the party, especially in the pre-election period.<\/p>\n On the other hand, despite documented cases of illegal financing of election campaigns, when it comes to prosecuting this type of political corruption, Montenegrin State Prosecutor’s Office has not had tangible results for years.<\/p>\n Lazar Grdini\u0107<\/strong> Montenegro is entering 2020 election year with a burden of numerous unprocessed scandals that concern the illegal financing of political parties’ campaigns. “Envelope”, as one of the key scandals which additionally confirmed the suspicions that the ruling DPS is financed from illegal sources, has not yet received a final epilogue, despite the existence of the famous video showing DPS official Slavoljub Stijepovi\u0107 taking an envelope with almost \u20ac\u00a0 100 thousand from the wanted businessman Du\u0161ko Kne\u017eevi\u0107 during 2016 election campaign.<\/p>\n Milivoje Katni\u0107, Special State Prosecutor<\/p><\/div>\n The recognition that DPS finances its campaigns from funds that have not been reported to the competent authorities came from the very head of that party, the current President of Montenegro, Milo \u0110ukanovi\u0107. In that case, too, there was no proper reaction from the State Prosecutor’s Office, which did not further verify the allegations of the first man of DPS.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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<\/strong><\/p>\nEvidence is piling up, State Prosecutor’s Office with no results<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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