Uro\u0161evi\u0107: \"Telekom\" must not be a forgotten affair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The President of the Parliamentary Commission for the Control of Privatization, Uglje\u0161a Uro\u0161evi\u0107 (PES), told the RTCG Portal that the arrest of the suspended special prosecutor Sa\u0161a \u010ca\u0111enovi\u0107 reopens a question that the public must not forget: whether, apart from the previous disciplinary punishment, he will ever bear real responsibility for his actions in the \"Telekom\" case, one of the most important cases of high-level corruption and privatization in Montenegro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"However, regardless of what happens in the proceedings against Katni\u0107, \u010ca\u0111enovi\u0107 or any third parties, one question must not be swept under the rug: is it normal for the \"Telekom\" case, one of the largest privatization and corruption scandals in Montenegro, to become statute-barred, without anyone being held accountable for it? It is particularly important that the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office, regarding the \"Telekom\" case, announced that the decisions were made in accordance with the law. The Supreme State Prosecutor's Office stated that the statute of limitations for certain criminal offenses occurred well before the filing of the criminal complaint by MANS in 2019: for abuse of office on March 31, 2015, for bribery on May 15, 2011, for money laundering on May 15, 2016, and for accepting a bribe on May 15, 2021,\" explained Uro\u0161evi\u0107. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In other words, he adds, the prosecution is now saying - when the statute of limitations has already expired, the current prosecutor cannot take procedural actions by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"That may be a legal explanation for the current decision, but it is not the answer to the public's essential question: who allowed the statute of limitations to occur? It was the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office that stated that the responsibility for the omission lies with the previous case handler and the previous head of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, and that the current Chief Special Prosecutor submitted a proposal to the Prosecutorial Council to determine the disciplinary liability of the previous handler. That is the key to the whole story. If the current decision is formally legal because the statute of limitations has already expired, then the political and institutional issue does not end with that decision. On the contrary \u2014 that is where the real question begins: how is it possible that state authorities have not ensured timely action for years in a case that had an international dimension, serious corruption suspicions, and a direct connection to the privatization of state property,\" said Uro\u0161evi\u0107. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As he states, according to previous information, \u010ca\u0111enovi\u0107 was disciplined by the Prosecutorial Council for his actions in the \"Telekom\" case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"However, if the ultimate outcome of one of the biggest scandals is that the case becomes statute-barred, and the responsibility is reduced to a disciplinary measure and a salary reduction, then an extremely dangerous message is sent to other prosecutors: that high-level corruption cases can be held for years, that they can become statute-barred, and that the consequences are minimal in relation to the damage caused to the public interest. Therefore, the \"Telekom\" case must not be viewed only through the prism of one prosecutor or one disciplinary proceeding. Here, the question of the entire chain of responsibility must be raised: who was processing the case, who was the manager, who was supervising, who knew that the deadlines were running, why there was no response on time and whether there were omissions, obstructions or institutional protection of non-action,\" said Uro\u0161evi\u0107. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Assembly must not remain silent\"<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n He explains that as a member of the Parliament of Montenegro and President of the Commission for Monitoring and Control of Privatization Procedures, he believes that the Parliament must not remain silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Assembly should not take over the work of the prosecution and courts, nor should it pass judgment on anyone. But the Assembly has the right and obligation to raise the issue of political and institutional responsibility for the way in which state authorities acted in the \"Telekom\" case. Especially considering that this case is related to the privatization of a former state-owned enterprise, that it has been mentioned in public for years as an example of high corruption, and that it had an international dimension, the Parliament must consider all available mechanisms: control hearings, a thematic session of the competent committees, but also the possibility of forming a committee of inquiry. It is not the task of the committee of inquiry to determine criminal responsibility. That is the job of the prosecution and the court. But it is the task of the Assembly to determine how the institutions worked, why deadlines were missed, whether there were systemic failures, and why it is only after the statute of limitations has expired that the public is informed that there is no longer any possibility of taking legal action.\" \"That's why the question for this year remains very specific: will we allow the \"Telekom\" case to be archived as another affair without an epilogue, or will we open a parliamentary investigation in the Parliament into the institutional handling of this case,\" said Uro\u0161evi\u0107. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated that if the prosecutor's decision today is formally correct because the statute of limitations has already expired, then someone must answer why justice was delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Because the statute of limitations is not justice. The statute of limitations is a defeat for the state. 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