Milo Djukanovic rejects the proposal for the new Prime Minister of Montenegro

2022-09-20 17:50:45Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Milo Djukanovic rejects the proposal for the new Prime Minister of Montenegro
Milo Djukanovic

The President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, on Tuesday rejected the proposal that Miodrag Lekic be the new mandate for the formation of the government, while he rejected the proposal to shorten the mandate of the current parliament, to pave the way for new elections.

On Monday, the pro-Serbian Democratic Front, the Democrats and the URA of outgoing Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic, agreed that Miodrag Lekic should be the mandate, but did not submit the signatures of their 41 deputies to the 81-seat parliament. These parties won the majority in the parliamentary elections of August 2020.

President Djukanovic said that he was not convinced that there is a clear majority for the formation of a government, "that would offer solutions to very difficult problems in the financial, economic, legal, institutional and political plan". He emphasized the security aspect, underlining that the current crisis in Europe, caused by Russia's aggression in Ukraine, has an impact on the security of the Western Balkans.

President Djukanovic said that the solution to the political situation is to shorten the mandate of the parliament, which would open the possibility of organizing early parliamentary elections.

Montenegro has been in a caretaker government since August when parliament passed a motion of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic, shortly after he signed a controversial deal with the Serbian Orthodox Church.


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