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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, said that "the recently discovered case of a tunnel dug into the warehouse of the Supreme Court in Podgorica is a symbolic representation of the state of the judiciary in Montenegro." ".
Mrs. Satterthwaite made these comments on Tuesday in Podgorica, during her stay in Montenegro, stressing that the act in question "shows insufficient security, extremely inadequate infrastructure, as well as an increased risk of interference by external factors in the work of judiciary".
According to her, the reactions to that event confirm the general tendency of political actors to publicly comment on the behavior of judges and prosecutors and to take credit for the work of the prosecution.
" I think that the handling of that case showed a politicization. The judicial authorities should be allowed to take their role and allow the investigation to be carried out fairly and robustly, and let the judicial authorities reach their own conclusions," Satterthwaite said .
Mrs. Satterthwaite said that Montenegro started a broad reform of the judicial system, where the Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary and creates a system of institutions that guarantee the separation of powers.
Satterthwaite recalled that the Parliament of Montenegro has in several cases failed to elect the seventh judge of the Constitutional Court, the supreme prosecutor of the state, as well as the members of the Judicial Council from among distinguished jurists.
" MPs must put the interest of their country before political interests and ensure that they are appointed to those positions without delay ," said Ms Satterthwaite.
Police in Montenegro on September 11 discovered an underground tunnel connecting an apartment to a nearby court warehouse, which stored seized narcotics and other evidence of crimes. From the images published in the media, a large hole appears in the wall in the Court's warehouse, where the evidence of the court proceedings was being kept.
Ten days later, the police authorities identified the persons who allegedly opened the tunnel at the High Court in Podgorica and issued international arrest warrants for the suspects./ VOA
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