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Members of the Special Department for the Suppression of Corruption arrested former mayor Dragoljub Zindovic and eight other people in Prijepolje yesterday morning on suspicion of corruption, while Milos Nedeljkovic, a former mayor, was arrested in Arilje on suspicion of corruption.
In addition, arrests were made in Novi Pazar, all as part of an action to combat financial crime and corruption. According to the Interior Ministry, 28 suspects were arrested in cooperation with the Special Department for the Suppression of Corruption of the Kraljevo High Prosecutor’s Office, and are charged with committing various criminal offenses of abuse of power, influence peddling and abuse of public procurement. damaged the budget by several million dinars.
When it comes to the former president of the Prijepolje municipality, Dragoljub Zindović, he is suspected of abusing his official position. The economic person and person in charge of the kindergarten “Miša Cvijović” IK (42), as well as six municipal officials accused of abuse of official position to help and trade with influence. As announced by the police, criminal charges will be brought in a regular procedure against the person in charge of the Prijepolje Tourism Organization. “Blic” previously wrote about the arrogance of the municipal leaders in Prijepolje. The municipality, headed by Zindović at the time, set aside 1,720,000 dinars for a 12-month restaurant and catering service contract.
In Arilje, in addition to former mayor Milos Nedeljkovic, the police also arrested Arilje deputy mayor Branko Vukajlovic (55), heads of the municipal administration of Arilje GP (56) and RNV (58), officials of the local community Kruscica TK (45), football officials from Buducnost de Arilje MS (69), former employee of the municipality of Arilje, as well as the owners of two companies in the territory of the municipality of Arilje for the existence of reasons to suspect that they committed criminal acts of abuse of power. The police will also bring criminal charges against the former mayor of Arilje ZT in a regular procedure. They are accused of abuses and machinations in the public procurement procedure.
By the way, both high-ranking officials from Arilje and Prijepolje are members of the Serbian Progressive Party.
In addition, the Novi Pazar police arrested the deputy mayor of the city of Novi Pazar, E. Š. (39), head of PE “Institute of Urbanism” S. Lj. (44), the person in charge of JKP “Gradska čistoća” EO (58) and eight other persons suspected of influence peddling abused their official position in relation to public procurement. These are five senior officials from the local self-government and the Sandzak Democratic Party, Rasim Ljajic. Likewise, an employee of the Municipal Administration of the city of Novi Pazar MD (52), employees of the Cultural Center of that city AI (42), as well as owners of five companies, were arrested, while criminal charges were filed against a person in an ordinary procedure.
According to the first information, the abuses were determined in connection with the public contracting of lighting in the Municipal Park, through a project financed by Rasim Ljajić through his Ministry of Tourism.
Rasim Ljajic’s Sandzak Democratic Party sent a note of protest at the way in which city administration officials were brought in.
– We support the fight against corruption, we have fought it since we have existed, but not selectively, not in this way so that innocent people are slandered and arrested as criminals. Especially not for someone to use us as an element in the artificial symmetry of blame distribution. That is why we ask that they be allowed to defend themselves against freedom, because they are familiar, honest and responsible people who have never been in conflict with the law – it was said in the statement.
Vučić: We will expose all gangster groups
Incidentally, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić also referred to the arrest of municipal officials from the ranks of the SNS during a press conference.
– We know that the mafia structures would not be what they are if they did not have the powerful support of some state agencies. Time to see that. Now you will see how quickly we are discovering all these gangster groups and their gangster affairs and you will see how many and what results we will have. To bring us back to the time of the Zemun clan, they were grossly deceived – he said.
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