Outgoing PM Dritan Abazovic has said that in his opinion the proposal of the deputy parliament speaker and MP of the Movement for Changes Branka Bosnjak that judges of the Constitutional Court be chosen by drawing lots is not a good idea.
He emphasizes that the Constitutional Court must not be allowed to be politicized as before.
“One of the reasons why DPS is against the judges of the Constitutional Court is that they think that it should, like the previous 30 years, be a politicized court where the judges will make decisions as ordered by a politician. That time is over. I have nothing against making a shortlist of the total number of registered candidates, either 10 or 12 candidates, but that those four who are to be chosen are chosen based on professional criteria so that the Constitutional Court would be independent, professional and whose decisions would then not be brought into question”, Abazovic points out.
He does not think that Bosnjak presented this proposal out of bad intentions, but in the desire to finally reach a final solution.
“If they were to leave it to luck, I think that way is inappropriate”, says Abazovic, stressing that he hopes for an agreement.
We remind you that since September last year, the Constitutional Court of Montenegro has only three judges out of a total of seven. Due to the lack of quorum, it cannot make decisions on constitutional appeals, and without the final decision of the Constitutional Court on appeals to the electoral process, it is not possible to constitute a new government after the election.
For the election of judges of the Constitutional Court, a qualified two-thirds majority is required, that is, the candidate must be supported by 54 MPs out of a total of 81 in the first round. This means that in addition to the parties of the parliamentary majority, which have 41 MPs, the candidate should be supported by 13 opposition MPs.
