The main witness in the case of the putsch in Montenegro refused to testify

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According to RIA Novosti

One of the main witnesses in the case of preparations for the coup in the last parliamentary elections in Montenegro, Mirko Velimirovich, stated in writing that the confessions he gave were "constructed by the Special Prosecutor's Office" and signed under pressure, the opposition Democratic Front (DF) said.

The High Court in Podgorica in early December approved an agreement on recognizing the guilt between the Special Prosecutor's Office and the accused accused of taking part in preparing the putsch of Mirko Velimirovichem. It was reported that Velimirovich informed the prosecutor's office of Montenegro that an armed coup was supposedly preparing for the October 16 elections, and then handed over a detailed plan of action to the alleged criminal group and admitted that he himself recruited people to participate in violent actions.

The functionary of the oppositional Democratic Front, Predrag Bulatovich, voiced at the party conference on Thursday evening a written statement signed by the convicted person in the presence of an attorney and certified by the court of the Serbian city of Novi Pazar on January 16, 2017. In the text, Velimirovich claims that "the design of the so-called confession, which is mentioned in the verdict of the court, is compiled by the Special Prosecutor's Office" and that he signed it without reading it.

He stressed that "I would sign anything under threat to freedom of people who believed in him."

"Moreover, I have never agreed with any person named Sinjelic, who is mentioned in the text of the verdict, in connection with the armed attack on Montenegro ... In addition to the brief reports that I read in the press and saw on TV , I did not know anything about General Bratislava Dickic and personally do not know him, "the statement said.

Earlier, the special prosecutor's office provided media outlets of Montenegro with excerpts from Velimirovic's testimony, where he reported that he had collected participants for future unrest and received from another accused, Serbian nationalist Alexander Sindziich, 30,000 euros to purchase automatic weapons for the coup that he had acquired and then " threw it into the lake. "

On the grounds of this confession and the agreement with the investigation, Velimirovich was sentenced in December to six months of a suspended sentence for "creating a criminal group," even though he will continue to cooperate with the investigation and give evidence against former comrades-in-arms. His refusal to testify has already triggered the reaction of the Special Prosecutor's Office.

"The court asserted that the convicted Mirko Velimirovich consciously and voluntarily confessed to committing a crime in which he was accused that the confession was consistent with the evidence presented in the case that he was fully aware of the consequences of the concluded agreement, especially that he was giving up the right to a trial and the right to appeal the decision of the court, adopted on the basis of the agreement, "the special prosecutor's office of Montenegro said on its official website.

The supervisor added that Velimirovic's subsequent statement on the construction of recognition by the special prosecutor's office "can only mean pressure on him by those against whom the process is not over, or rather the structures that stand behind them."

On the day of voting, 20 citizens of Serbia were arrested in Montenegro on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack and a coup. According to the prosecutor's office, the group planned to seize the assembly and announce "the victory of one of the political parties" when announcing the results of the elections, and "neutralize the Prime Minister of Montenegro." In this regard, Montenegro has announced the international search for Interpol by several people, including Anania Nikich, the Russians Eduard Shirokov and Vladimir Popov, as well as several citizens of Serbia.

Source - https://ria.ru/world/20170407/1491770912.html

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