Montenegro arrests former Minister of Education, Science, and Culture

Montenegro's police arrested former Montenegrin Minister of Education, Science, and Culture Vesna Bratić on suspicion of abuse of office.

"On the order of the Special State Prosecutor's Office, the Special Police Department in Podgorica deprived one person of his liberty due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of abuse of official position," said in a statement.

As noted, officers of the Special Police Department (SPO) arrested her this morning in Podgorica. After 11 a.m., she was taken to the "Limenka" building, which houses the SPO headquarters, CE Report quotes FENA.

Bratić was arrested in a separate SDT investigation, which is unrelated to this morning’s arrest of the former Director of the Property Administration, Blažo Šaranović.

Vesna Bratić was appointed Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports in the government of Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić.

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