The State Audit Institution (SAI) has issued 23 recommendations that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is required to implement.

This follows the SAI’s second audit concerning the implementation of the suggestions outlined in the “Audit Report on the Annual Financial Report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 2022”.

During their review, the competent SAI Collegium, which includes Branislav Radulović and Milan Dabović, determined that since the release of the SAI Report on October 24, 2023, the Ministry of Interior has made efforts to put these recommendations into practice. They found that 39 percent of the recommendations have been fully implemented, while 35 percent are in progress or partially completed.

In comparison to the previous report, the SAI noted a nine percent increase in the number of implemented recommendations.

“The Ministry has yet to act on five recommendations which pertain to the creation of a personnel plan, establishing guidelines for employee insurance periods of extended duration, designating responsible individuals/services to oversee the Public Procurement Plan throughout the year, defining the procedures and responsibilities for monitoring contract implementations when delays occur, and updating risk assessments concerning the Directorate for Human Resources, Personnel, and Legal Affairs. Thus, in line with the Guidelines for the development, monitoring, and control of SAI recommendations, the SAI Collegium has mandated that the Ministry of the Interior provide a new report on the implementation status of all recommendations that remain unfulfilled by January 31, 2026,” the SAI’s statement indicates.

The SAI will present its report on the status of recommendations to the Committee on Security and Defense of the Parliament of Montenegro.

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