Montenegrin opposition forces, which support the state union with Serbia, last Friday showed a secretly recorded film claiming that it showed activists of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists trying to persuade a man from a village near Podgorica to vote for Montenegro's independence at the referendum scheduled for late April in exchange for the government paying his debts.
Acting on the request of the State Prosecutor's Office, the Montenegrin police launched a probe into Mijovic and pressed charges for violation of the freedom to vote and for causing unrest.
During a search of Mijovic's flat the police found large amounts of weapons and ammunition, two radio stations and other audio and video recordings, as well as identity cards of Bosnian, Serbian and Bosnian Serb security services.
The media in Podgorica report that Mijovic was a member of paramilitary units during the war and that he was questioned by investigators of the Hague war crimes tribunal. The police found in his flat a photo showing him in the company of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic.
Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic refused to comment on the recording, saying that it should be dealt with by the police and the prosecutor's office, while the bloc supporting Montenegro's independence accused the Military-Security Agency of being behind the film.
The state defence ministry on Saturday dismissed claims that the Military-Security Agency was involved in the making of the film, adding that the army would stick to its position on non-involvement in the referendum campaign.
The pro-Serbian opposition reported the case to the European envoy for the Montenegrin referendum, Miroslav Lajcak, and his associates, who answered that the case should be dealt with by the police and judicial bodies.