Striking underling, married top presidential adviser resign as sex tape scandal rocks Montenegro
An alleged leaked sex tape featuring two prominent government officials in Montenegro — a married presidential adviser and a striking underling — has led to both politicians resigning in disgrace.Mirjana Pajković, the glamorous now-former director general for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights at the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, announced her resignation on Friday, according to Montenegrin newspaper Pobjeda.The government has been embroiled in the sex scandal since a video was leaked online, allegedly showing Pajković engaging in sexual content with Dejan Vukšić, the married former national security agency director and ex-adviser to President Jakov Milatović.In her statement, Pajković encouraged “every woman” to toss the notion that they must remain silent when someone attacks them, the outlet reported.“When I myself was exposed to the extreme violence that I posted on social networks, where the first person next to the president of the country, the first former person of the National Security Agency, very persistently and at length during the entire conversation told me that there would be no place for me and no life in Montenegro,” she said, claiming Milatović failed to act in the scandal.Pajković said her departure was due to personal reasons — but took several swipes at Vukšić, accusing him of threatening her with the tape to remain quiet.“That my boss would see something that compromised me, where he clearly and directly threatened me that he had compromising material for me, why did I keep quiet at that moment?” Pajković claimed, according to the outlet.
“He told me this personally after I refused to act the way he asked me.”Pajković said she was unaware of the footage Vukšić was allegedly blackmailing her with but feared he would harm her because he was in a top role in the security sector.“For example, when someone is blackmailing you.Someone more powerful will ask you for a favor, some behavior tha...