The Minister of Finance Milojko Spajić and the newly elected rector of the University of Montenegro Vladimir Božović are the only ones from the narrow expert team, which was formed before the elections, the closest associates of the current Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić, writes Pobjeda.
According to media reports close to Krivokapić, the original advisory team consisted of Srećko Crnogorac, a philosopher and political scientist, then prof. dr Miloš Vulanović, lawyer Sandra Bulatović, Nikolina Babović, prof. Dr. Vladimir Bozovic (Matica Srpska – Association of Members in Montenegro), Boško Vukićević, Dr. Vuk Kadic and Milojko Spajić, then young japs who were educated in Japan, China and France.
The first to leave was Srećko Crnogorac, who resigned after the Government was formed because, as he stated, “this ended his mission”. During the three-month negotiations, the Montenegrin was at the head of the media team, and it was noted that Krivokapić personally denied him on several occasions with his posts on Twitter. He is currently a candidate for ambassador to China, and according to unconfirmed information, President Djukanovic did not support the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is interesting that Srećko Crnogorac met Krivokapić in July last year at a round table in Podgorica organized by the NGO “Ne damo Crnu Goru”, and he was dedicated to political corruption and in a very short time became a man of his greatest trust.
Vuk Kadić, the son of the late leader of the Democratic People's Party, Ranko Kadić, was in the closest competition for the Minister of Health. However, Krivokapić's choice “in the photo finish” was Jelena Borovinić Bojović, at the insistence of the Serbian Orthodox Church, ie the late Metropolitan Amfilohije. According to Pobjeda, Vuk Kadić has no professional engagement in the Government.
While he was still the prime minister-designate, Boško Vukićević also left Krivokapić, who in the meantime became a fierce opponent of the current prime minister. In his posts on Facebook, Vukićević wrote several times that “Krivokapić does not represent the coalition that had the greatest contribution to winning the parliamentary elections.”
Sandra Bulatović, who briefly stayed in the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, was recently expelled from the Government. Minister Olivera Injac stated in an unusual explanation that “during her mandate, Bulatović did not adequately approach the fulfillment of obligations within the competence of the State Secretary, which is why her work did not lead to the expected results in the areas for which she is in charge.” Bulatović became known to the general public during the dismissal of the first man of the Intelligence and Security Directorate, Aleksandar Šaranović. Pobjeda wrote that then Bulatović ordered Šaranović, under the threat of the military police, to leave the cabinet immediately and did not even allow him to take his coat and umbrella?!
That was not the end of the departures: Krivokapić was also abandoned by four advisers appointed by the Government. First, in mid-February, Prime Minister Krivokapic's advisers for internal policy and security, Željko Savović and Aleksandar Novović, resigned from those positions.
Savovic and Novovic were elected advisers at a government session on December 8th and left office, which is very unusual, just two months after their election. Savović was the political director of Prava Crna Gora, and while he was in Krivokapic's cabinet, he froze his party function.
In addition to his position as an advisor, Savović was a member of two government commissions – the Commission for Personnel and Administrative Affairs and the Commission for the Political System, Internal and Foreign Policy. The appointment of Savović was followed by numerous controversies, bearing in mind that his originally agreed position was the head of the prime minister's office, and that with the subsequent agreement of the prime minister with Marko Milačić, he would have a less important position in the cabinet.
The Montenegrin government has dismissed Gordana Radović, advisor to Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić on economic issues. The decision on her dismissal was made at the session on June 17, and was published a day later in the Official Gazette. Radović was engaged in the local elections in Nikšić as part of a coalition of Democrats backed by Krivokapić.
Adviser to the Prime Minister of Montenegro – Head of the Public Relations Department Zdravko Krivokapić, Andrijana Đordan was also relieved of her duties on June 11. Đordan was also in the Radović team for the local elections in Nikšić, and their dismissal was a big surprise because they were already seen in the new party of the Prime Minister – the Christian Democratic Party.