The initiative for the assessment of the legality of the appointment of Raonic was submitted to the KAS

The media center submitted to the Director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) Jelena Perović an initiative requesting to determine the legality of the procedure for appointing Boris Raonic to the post of General Director of Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG).
In the initiative, it is recalled that on June 1 of this year, the RTCG Council re-elected Boris Raonic to the post of General Director of RTCG. For the first time, Raonic was appointed to the position of general director of RTCG on August 6, 2021.
The Law on the Prevention of Corruption, in Article 31, stipulates that KAS can ex officio conduct a procedure in which it is decided whether a public official has violated the provisions of the law related to the prevention of conflicts of interest in the performance of public functions, restrictions on the performance of public functions, gifts , sponsorships and donations and reports on income and assets of public officials", said Dragoljub Vuković, president of the Media Center Assembly.
The media center pointed out to the director of KAS that the Law on Prevention of Corruption in Article 15 prescribes; "A public official cannot, for a period of two years after the termination of public office, appear before the authority in which he performed his public office as a representative or proxy of a legal entity, entrepreneur or international or other organization that has or is establishing a contractual agreement with that authority, i.e. business relationship".
We point out the fact that Boris Raonic was a public official and a member of the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media (SAEM) until August 13, 2021, and that he could not be appointed as the general director of RTCG two years after the end of his mandate. Raonic could not be appointed as the General Director of RTCG neither the first time (August 6, 2021) nor the second time (June 1, 2023), because as a person representing RTCG, he must appear before the authority in which he held a public function, that is, according to the Electronic Media Agency - points out Vuković.
The media center pointed out to the director of KAS, Jelena Perović, the fact that the Agency for Electronic Media, based on Article 12 of the Law on Electronic Media, is responsible for the work of electronic media, including RTCG.
It should be kept in mind that Article 14 of the Law on Electronic Media stipulates that the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media decides on appeals against the Agency's decisions. This practically means that Boris Raonic, as a member of the second-level body (AEM Council), had the opportunity to supervise the application of professional standards in the electronic media, including RTCG, during his mandate. From the above, it is clear that Boris Raonic, as a member of the Council of AEM, was in a business relationship with RTCG until August 13, 2021, while from August 6, 2021, as the general director of RTCG, before the authority in which he performed a public function (Electronic Media Agency) acts as a representative or proxy of a legal entity, which is prohibited by Article 15 paragraph 1 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption - states Vuković.
Boris Raonic, he adds, was appointed to the position of general director on August 6, 2021, contrary to Article 15 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption, and also his re-appointment to the same position on June 1, 2023, is contrary to the Law on Prevention of Corruption because not two years have passed. since his performance as a member of the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media, which oversees the work of electronic media, including RTCG.
Therefore, Article 15 of the Law on the Prevention of Corruption clearly points to the conclusion that Boris Raonic cannot be elected as the general director of RTCG two years after the termination of his position as a member of the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media. "As Boris Raonić did not, in accordance with the Law on Prevention of Corruption, ask for an opinion on the restriction of the exercise of public office, and as based on the Law you have the authority to give an opinion on your own (Article 31 paragraph 2 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption), we ask that you carry out as soon as possible legal obligation and make an opinion in this matter - points out Vuković.
M.J.