Good morning. You’re reading a daily contextual review of the news that marked the previous day.
By Ljubomir Filipović, CdM observer
Dritan’s law disapproved
The long-awaited opinion of the Venice Commission, VC, on the proposal for the Law on the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office, the so-called Dritan’s law, clearly indicates the need to continue with the work on it. The government’s efforts and progress in relation to the mess around the proposal for the Law on the Special Prosecutor’s Office this winter are taken into account, and the opinion points out to what is well addressed, partly addressed and not addressed at all. Instead of perceiving it as a guideline and correcting the text of the law, Mr Dritan Abazović and the government started an infantile and unscrupulous conviction last night that this is the green light for the law, which is on the agenda of today’s parliamentary session.
First they had problems with YouTube and couldn’t broadcast reactions live as announced, and later on tweeted the VC opinion in one in a series of demonstrations of disrespect for Montenegro citizens, for whom they think are so stupid that they can tell them whatever they want to. The opposition reacted strongly, and we’re waiting for the reaction of the EC, probably after the session. Mr Đukanović certainly won’t sign such law, and we’re to pass through this entire story again. Mr Abazović will calm the DF today in the parliament and additionally damage his credibility when it comes to the EU partners.
“No matter whether you claim your glass is half full of water or not, you, my brother, have a glass half full of water. When you try to sell it, no matter how hard you’re trying, the fact is that you’re selling a glass half full of water. And it’s not worth much. Which Montenegro is still not,” Mr Andrej Nikolaidis wrote in his reaction on the unusual behavior of Mr Abazović.
Supporter of the Chetnik movement runs Nikšić
Mr Marko Kovačević, a young leader of the New Serb Democracy and the Democratic Front, well known for providing support to the Ravnogorski Movement, and taking pics while displaying symbols of this Quisling paramilitary formation from World War II, was elected the president of the Municipality of Nikšić, by his own coalition, Democrats and URA. The day after the Day of Victory over Fascism, URA not only voted for Marko, but the head of their board in Nikšić defended her young boss from the DPS councilor, who stated that Mr Kovačević was unworthy of public office. Professor Tatjana Bečanović showed that her values were anything but European and anti-fascist long time ago, URA did the same, but I can’t help being surprised while they’re revealing how far they’re ready to go to achieve their goals.
On the occasion of 9 May, Serbia equalized Draža and Tito, and I can only imagine professors Bečanović and Glušica, and other URA members, speaking before this decorum. Now when they put Draža’s fans to run Nikšić and the university, they are certainly able to deliver speeches in front of his picture.
Diaspora’s activities
The President of the Montenegrin House in New York and a member of the Civic Initiative ’21 of May’, Mr Refik Radončić, was speaking last night in a TV show ‘Zooming’ on the public broadcaster, RTCG. He spoke about the activities of the diaspora in the US and around the world, as well as about the announcements of this government that plan to deprive emigrants of their rights. Diaspora organizations around the world are well coordinated. They wrote to the US ambassador to MNE recently, and yesterday they addressed the head of the EU delegation to Montenegro as well.
Bečić and Leposavić
Today’s parliament session will be discussing the status of Mr Vladimir Leposavić. Although he’s telling that he agrees with the PM’s view on his status, the parliament’s speaker and leader of the Democrats, Mr Aleksa Bečić, reiterates that he won’t vote for his dismissal along with the DPS. With this populist move, the Democrats fulfil wishes of a part of their electoral roll but lose credibility of their international partners who see them as the only hope in Montenegro’s new ruling majority after they figured out that URA is not serious and is quite limited in terms of human resources and structure.
That’s all for today. Have a nice day.
