Veselin Radulovic

Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic (right) and the head of watchdog NGO MANS Vanja Calovic Markovic  at a conference in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro

The Basic Court in Podgorica on Monday found Calovic, director of the well-known Montenegrin watchdog group MANS, guilty of defamation because she had "wrongfully accused" Vladimir "Beba" Popovic of faking a video that prompted bestiality claims.

The election commission said on Thursday that it had rejected all 2,400 official complaints from Montenegrin watchdog organisation MANS because although they were signed by the leader of the opposition Democratic Front, Miodrag Lekic, they were submitted by MANS activists.