PODGORICA, July 3 (Hina) - The prosecution in Naples has forwarded a request for the apprehension of the incumbent Montenegrin Premier Milo Djukanovic, but the request has not been considered at all given that the Prime Minister of
Montenegro enjoys immunity, a Montenegrin investigating judge said on Wednesday.
PODGORICA, July 3 (Hina) - The prosecution in Naples has forwarded a
request for the apprehension of the incumbent Montenegrin Premier
Milo Djukanovic, but the request has not been considered at all
given that the Prime Minister of Montenegro enjoys immunity, a
Montenegrin investigating judge said on Wednesday. #L#
The information about the Italian prosecution's request divided
political parties in Montenegro. The opposition asked for
Djukanovic's resignation or that a parliamentary commission be set
up so as to investigate the entire case.
Djukanovic's aides rejected such proposals, claiming that the
scandal was directed against the Montenegrin independence.
"This is the same old story, to which nobody serious in Montenegro
or wider pays any attention," the Montenegrin's political advisor
Milan Rozen said.
The leading opposition party -- the Socialist Popular Party (SNP) -
- believes that there are enough reasons for Djukanovic to step
down. The SNP's vice president, Zoran Zizic, accuses the incumbent
authorities of having allowed tobacco smugglers to use warehouses
in the country's seaport of Bar. He added that there were pieces of
evidence on the matter and that Djukanovic's telephone
conversation with the Italian Mafia had been recorded.
A Montenegrin university professor of international law, Nebojsa
Vucinic, has said that accusations levelled against the
Montenegrin premier have been again launched at the time when the
question of Montenegro's independence is re-opened.
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