Montenegrin Independence Referendum, 2006 - Irregularities During The Campaign

Irregularities During The Campaign

On 24 March 2006, a nine-minute video clip was aired that shows two local Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS) activists from Zeta region, along with a former member of secret police, attempting to bribe a citizen, Mašan Bušković, into casting a pro-independence vote at the upcoming referendum. In the video clip they're seen and heard persuading Bušković to vote for the independence, and they promise to pay off his electric bill of €1,500 in return.

When the video became public, two DPS activists claimed they were victims of manipulation and that the member of the secret police talked them into doing so. Mašan Bušković, the target of the alleged attempted bribe, on the other hand said the video is authentic and that it portrays events exactly as they occurred.