you can breathe easy. The case that has been pursuing him since it became known that his family business, Spinumviva, had continued to receive contributions from companies after his arrival to the Government has been diluted in judicial proceedings. The Attorney General’s Office of the Republic reported on Wednesday afternoon that it has archived the investigation opened in March as it found no evidence of criminal practices.
After requesting information from the companies that had hired the Montenegrin company, the prime minister himself and his two sons, who received the transfer of the company this year, the investigators concluded that they have not observed any type of crime. against the prime minister that pointed to several possible irregularities, such as the existence of improper payments to the family company or the charging for services provided higher than market prices.
Preventive investigation is a tool that allows us to delve deeper into a case when there is not yet sufficient evidence to justify the opening of a formal investigation. With the file announced this Wednesday by the Prosecutor’s Office, the prime minister can face the legislature without the shadow of a scandal that he caused and the calling of new early elections, which gave him a more comfortable victory than the previous one, although without an absolute majority.
who had denounced the existence of a conflict of interest in the case, gave political air to Montenegro, which considered that the polls had turned the page on the matter. However, the investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office remained pending. The judicial file is, therefore, a great oxygen ball for the prime minister who, despite his parliamentary dependence on other forces, intends to exhaust the legislature.
Spinumviva was founded by Montenegro in 2021, when he was more focused on his professional work as a lawyer, and transferred to his wife, Carla Montenegro, the following year, when he resumed political activity. The company maintained its activity and, among its clients, were several companies that made monthly payments for various issues such as advice on data protection or business restructuring. These incomes were maintained when Luís Montenegro became prime minister. The fact that he was married in community property made him a direct beneficiary of Spinumviva’s income, which could enter the realm of conflict of interest. This year the couple has left the family business in the hands of their two children.
