Brđanin Mašković Kentera And Jelić In The Race For ANB

That the current director of ANB Dejan Vukšić will not see June and the anniversary of his full mandate was confirmed on Thursday by Mandate Dritan Abazović, who announced that the secret service will get a new head, and that several candidates are in the running for that position A day after Abazović's statement, it is not yet known who has the most chances to replace Vukšić, and discussions on that topic have been conducted with several candidates, but it has not yet been precisely agreed who will take over the chair of the head of the Agency.

The list of possible successors to Vukšić in the chair of the head of the ANB includes Saša Mašković, the former assistant director of the Police Directorate of the Sector for Financial Intelligence Affairs, whose acting mandate in that position within the public service system has recently expired Almost three decades ago, Mašković began his working life in the then State Security Service, where he worked until 2000.

when he moved to the police where he held numerous positions - head of the department for searches, surveillance, solicitation, for a time he was also in the Special Police Department in the Group for Investigations of Criminal Offenses of High Corruption and Money Laundering On March 1, 2021, Mašković received an acting mandate in the FIU - UP sector that deals with complex investigations of money laundering and terrorist financing, where suspicious transactions are monitored and data is exchanged with international financial intelligence services.

In addition to him, the president of the Atlantic Alliance of Montenegro, Savo Kentera, who has been in that position since 2008, also has a good chance of filling an important position in the security system His areas of expertise include international relations, intelligence community policies and management, as well as security issues affecting the intelligence community, other security studies and terrorism.

Before joining the Atlantic Alliance, he was the director of the Center for International Relations of Montenegro The Atlantic Alliance also founded the Digital Forensic Center, the first in the Western Balkans, which they claim is dedicated to combating disinformation, fake news and propaganda campaigns aimed at destabilizing democratic processes in Montenegro and the Western Balkans region.

The mission is carried out through the Center for Combating Terrorism and Violent Extremism and the Center for International Relations In addition to Kentera, the Steering Committee of the Atlantic Alliance includes future Minister of Foreign Affairs Ranko Krivokapić and former Minister of Defense in the DPS era Milica Pejanović Đurišić.

Miloš Jelić, who is employed as an agent in the National Security Agency, is also mentioned as a possible candidate for the head of the ANB The change at the top of the ANB was planned already in the first days of the mandate of the new government, and according to the Law on the National Security Agency, the new prime minister will have no legal difficulties to remove Vukšić and propose a new director of the secret service.

According to Article 25 of the Law on ANB, the Director of the Agency is appointed and dismissed by the Government, upon the proposal of the Prime Minister The government is obliged to submit the proposal for the appointment of the director of ANB to the competent parliamentary committee, in order to give an opinion.

The Director of the Agency is appointed for a period of five years, he is responsible for his work to the Government, and he cannot be a member of a political party, nor act politically Last year's appointment of Dejan Vukšić to the head of ANB met with strong opposition from the opposition, which claimed that the Law on ANB was violated, which stipulates that the director and officers of that institution cannot be members of a political party.

nor act politically Vukšić was the holder of the list in the local elections in Kotor in August 2020.

When the outgoing prime minister gave him a full mandate in June without obtaining the opinion of the Security and Defense Committee, this was met with protest, but Krivokapić announced that he demanded that the legal procedure be followed but that it is not his fault that at the request of the Government the session of that parliamentary body was not scheduled and held due to the lack of a quorum Vukšić's era in the ANB was marked by numerous data, about the work of the Agency, the internal organization of the work, contacts with foreign agents, which were often disclosed in the public, so the names of loyal agents, their responsibilities, as well as the names of foreign operatives could be read in the media.

And Brđanin in the game Director of the Police Administration Zoran Brđanin is also in the game to take over the leadership position of the National Security Agency According to unofficial information from "Vjesti", Brđanin had discussions on this topic with the leaders of the future parliamentary majority.

The idea is for Brđanin to take over the ANB, and for the current deputy Dejan Knežević to succeed him as police chief Brđanin was elected director of the UP in early March 2021, and after the events in Cetinje on September 4 and 5 during the enthronement of Metropolitan Joaniki, he and Minister of the Interior Sergej Sekulović are out of favor with Prime Minister Krivokapić, who wanted their dismissal.

New government, new head of ANB The representative for the composition of the new government told "Vijesti" that he does not want to bid on the names of who will be the new head of ANB and clarified that if the government and people at all levels are elected, then the logical sequence is to be elected and the new director of the secret service He emphasized that he and Vukšić had a completely correct cooperation all the time, and that he still has it now.

"I have never supported the thesis that the security sector is in disarray, because that is not true On the contrary, I think quite the opposite, and I must emphasize that there were no major problems in ANB.

During the year, the service exposed numerous irregularities and affairs from the previous period, which is why the transformation of our society and fundamental changes are now underway," said Abazović Abazović also revealed that there was a discussion about the amendment of the Law on ANB, and that he and the current director of the service detected the problems and how the service could be legally improved.

"In this context, we discussed that it would be good to increase some of the ANB's powers in the future ANB is now an information service, but it could also have another character.

Given that this topic is tricky, it is certain that the law will not be changed immediately, but after the establishment of the Government the plan is to open a dialogue within the executive power, the professional public, but also with international partners, in order to see which model is optimal for Montenegro.

I want us to continue the reforms we have started," he explained Abazović has the same opinion for the Police Directorate, arguing that the secret and public police must be strengthened and rid of suspicious personnel.

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