Montenegrin Prime Minister-designate Dritan Abazovic said that the 43rd government of the small Balkan country is expected to be voted on next week, after the Easter celebrations.
At a news conference, Abazovic said he had already secured the support of 46 members of the 81-seat parliament.
"We did not reach the magic number 49, but we can say that it has rarely happened that a government is supported by 46 deputies. "This does not mean that the door is closed to anyone, but some entities did not show constructiveness", he said.
Abazovic said the new government expected to be voted on after the Easter celebrations should have four vice presidents and 20 ministers, two of whom will be without portfolios, whose tasks will be determined at its first session. .
"The goal is to unlock Montenegro and give the state functional institutions to gain stability. Instead of arguing, let us reconcile and try to build a European perspective. "We are not against elections, but we are against elections without institutions," Abazovic said, listing among his government's priorities the broad political dialogue.
"Among the normative priorities are the agreement on the holders of judicial office, the continuation of the fight against organized crime and corruption and the fulfillment of temporary standards, the creation of a favorable environment for new investments and the prohibition of the departure of existing investors," he said.
The leader of the URA Civic Movement, Dritan Abazovic, took office on March 3rd to form Montenegro's new government, almost a month after the overthrow of Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic's government, where he served as deputy prime minister.
The President of Montenegro, Milo ukukanovi,, said that “the representatives of the URA Civic Movement and its political partners have unequivocally convinced me that they have a parliamentary majority for the election of the 43rd government in parliament and that is why I have made a decision to entrust the mandate for forming the government to Abazovic ".
The Montenegrin parliament voted on February 4th to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Krivokapic, which emerged from the December 2020 parliamentary elections. 43 deputies voted in favor of the no-confidence motion, 11 were against, while 27 others did not vote at all. .
Also in February, the Montenegrin parliament fired the speaker, Aleksa Becic, at the request of the opposition.
The changes followed a months-long crisis in relations between parliament and government as well as within the government itself.
In January this year, the Civic Movement "URA" proposed the model of a "minority government".
According to Mr. Abazovic, in the new government there will be no place for the Democratic Front, which is described as a pro-Serbian and pro-Russian party, but also for the Democratic Party of Socialists of the current president Milo Djukanovic, which was more than 3 decades in power in Montenegro.
Minority political forces have assessed as very important the support of international partners for the concept of minority government. They have said that this support will be needed in the future for the implementation of reforms and progress towards Montenegro's membership in the European Union.