Džemal Perović ( Albanian: Xhemal Peroviq,

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: Џемал Перовић, born 1956 in

Ulcinj Ulcinj ( cyrl, Улцињ, ; ) is a town on the southern coast of Montenegro and the capital of Ulcinj Municipality. It has an urban population of 10,707 (2011), the majority being Albanians. As one of the oldest settlements in the Adriatic coa ...

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) is Montenegrin civic and political activist, former member of

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. After the introduction of the multi-party system in Montenegro in 1990, he was one of the founding members of the

Liberal Alliance of Montenegro Liberal Alliance of Montenegro ( cnr, italic=no, Liberalni savez Crne Gore - LSCG; Либерални савез Црне Горе - ЛСЦГ) was a Montenegrin separatist, liberal and anti-war political party, active between 1990 and 2005. The ...

(LSCG), he was a LSCG MP in the Montenegrin national assembly until the dissolution of the party in 2005. after the dissolution of LSCG, he returned to his hometown of Ulcinj, where he engaged in agrarian family business, as well local civic and political activism.

2019 anti-corruption protests

In mid-January 2019, a

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from 2016 surfaced in which long-term President and PM of Montenegro

Milo Đukanović Milo Đukanović ( cnr, Мило Ђукановић, ; born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician serving as the President of Montenegro since 2018, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2003. He also served as the Prime Minister ...

s former ally, British-Montenegrin businessman

Duško Knežević Duško Knežević (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Душко Кнежевић) is the founder and president of the board of directors oAtlas Group Corporation (AGC) a financial group based in Montenegro consisting of companies with interests in banks in Se ...

, appeared to hand the

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and high-ranked Đukanović's party member, Slavoljub "Migo" Stijepović, an

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containing what Knežević later said was $97,000, to fund a Democratic Party of Socialists

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campaign. After fleeing to

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, Knežević told the media he had been providing such unreported money to the Đukanović's party for the past 25 years. Protests against corruption within Montenegrin DPS-lead government have started in February 2019 soon after the revelation of footage and documents that appear to implicate top officials in obtaining suspicious funds for the ruling party. The mass protests were organized by newly formed "97,000 - Odupri se!" (97,000 - Resist!) civic group, an informal group of intellectuals, academics,

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activists and journalists and supported from Montenegrin opposition parties. Perović was the informal leader of a civic group and anti-corruption protests.97,000 - Odupri se!: Sjutra protest ispred VDT
In4s The protests failed in mid-2019. Involved in corruption affairs within the government and the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists remain in their offices.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perovic, Dzemal 1956 births Living people People from Ulcinj Liberal Alliance of Montenegro politicians Political activists Albanians in Montenegro