Podgorica, 7 October 2010 – Although the action came half-a-year late, MANS salutes the eventual beginning of demolition procedures for illegal objects in the Perazi\u0107 Do settlement. We hope that the responsible Inspectorate will not limit itself to a few punctured walls, but that in accordance with the law the entirety of the object in question will be removed and that its main investor Mirko Bara\u0107 and his company ‘MB Bankada’ will be adequately sanctioned.<\/p>\n
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Likewise, we expect that within the Ministry itself an investigation will be launched to establish why there was a delay of more than six months in implementing the demolition order, and under whose authority was the procedure stalled. Answers to these questions could certainly be addressed by the head inspector Nata\u0161a Brajovi\u0107, as well as her superiors in the Ministry of Spatial Management, including Minister Branimir Gvozdenovi\u0107.<\/p>\n
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From the Ministry we are also expecting an answer to the question as to how Bara\u0107 was allowed to build a five-story building in the first place and what inspector Brajovi\u0107 was doing while the investor began to erect this object; why was there no reaction at the onset of the construction process?<\/p>\n
Brajovi\u0107 will be able to answer this and other questions during the investigation undertaken by the responsible prosecutor.<\/p>\n
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While this is a good first step, the demolition of objects is not the only solution for the problems of illegal construction in Montenegro. The Perazi\u0107 Do case shows that the issue will not be resolved simply with the demolition of Bara\u0107’s building, but that it must be established who it was – that through their actions or lack thereof – allowed the investor to erect the building in the first place, promised him a construction permit and the inclusion of the development into the spatial plan for the district or who in some other way instigated him to commit the crime of illegal construction.<\/p>\n
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In so far as the Prosecutor’s Office fails to address these questions, the responsible Ministry will continue to employ cadre that has allowed the troubling situation in the spatial organization of Montenegro to reach its current stage. As previously announced, MANS on Monday will submit to the Prosecutor’s Office additional information in the lawsuit against inspector Brajovi\u0107 that also information on other cases in which she was involved.<\/p>\n
We will likewise suggest the expansion of the investigation to other senior functionaries in the relevant Ministry.<\/p>\n
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MANS furthermore condemns yesterday’s incident at the demolition site when the son of the investor, Igor Bara\u0107, physically attacked one of the locals, Slobodan Perovi\u0107. We believe that it is unacceptable for investors that break the law to settle their scores with those who might not agree with them in this way. We expect that the relevant state institutions, primarily the Police Administration will extend its protection to Perovi\u0107 as well as to all those that find themselves targeted by dissatisfied investors.<\/p>\n
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Dejan Milovac
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Podgorica, 7 October 2010 – Although the action came half-a-year late, MANS salutes the eventual beginning of demolition procedures for illegal objects in the Perazi\u0107 Do settlement. We hope that the responsible Inspectorate will not limit itself to a few punctured walls, but that in accordance with the law the entirety of the object in<\/p>\n