Yesterday, the Director of the Intelligence and Security Agency (ISA), Osman Mehmedagić, was questioned as a suspect in the Prosecutor's Office of B&H.

Mehmedagić, as well as the day before yesterday Selmo Cikotić, the Minister of Security of B&H, gave a statement due to the "Security Permit" affair and embezzlement related to the appointment of members of the Commission for Second Instance Resolution of Security Checks for Police and Civil Servants.

New investigation

The director of ISA came to this institution at 2 pm, in the company of his lawyer Nermin Mulalić. In addition to Mehmedagic, the suspected ISA officer Muriz Druškić was questioned yesterday. We remind you that the Prosecutor's Office of B&H recently issued an order to conduct a new investigation against Mehmedagić, Minister of Security Cikotić and retired ISA officer Druškić, who is a current member of the Second Instance Commission of the Council of Ministers for handling complaints in security checks.

Mehmedagić, Cikotić and Druškić are suspected of the criminal offense of abuse of office or authority in connection with illegal appointment and participation in the work of the Commission, which resulted in the creation of general legal uncertainty for handling security clearance cases.

We find out that this investigation could soon result in a new indictment against Mehmedagić. Cikotić could also be on the defendant's bench. Earlier, all ministers in the B&H Council of Ministers testified as witnesses, confirming the Prosecution's thesis.

A new investigation order was officially launched after a criminal complaint was filed a month ago by some police and civil servants who were denied permission secretly, which left them without a job. Shortly afterwards, according to the order of the Prosecutor's Office, the inspections were started by SIPA, which interrogated Cikotić's assistant Mato Miletić at the Ministry of Security, and then the ball began to unravel.

Namely, it is suspected that the members of this commission, which are formally appointed by the Council of Ministers, were appointed outside the law and that the procedures and previous proposals were not followed.

No conditions

According to the criminal report, Sanjin Prašović was originally proposed to the Council of Ministers as a member of the Commission, and he met the conditions for this position.

He was then nominated by Radončić, but after his resignation, Minister Bisera Turković decided last minute at the session of the Council of Ministers, to nominate Ismail Sarić, who was then appointed. The nomination of pensioner Druškić, who worked according to Mehmedagić's orders, is disputable.

The trial is set to begin next week

Mehmedagić was also recently charged with abuse of office over an affair involving the illegal exclusion of video surveillance from the BH Post office in Alipašino Polje. He pleaded not guilty in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his trial will begin next week.