The Parliament of Montenegro will continue its work, says the speaker Danijela Djurovic, adding that the Law on the Election of Councillors and MPs stipulates that the mandate of MPs terminates once the new parliament is set up.
Ms Djurovic told this to reporters following the opening of the ‘Pricam ti pricu’ (eng. I’m Telling You A Story’) exhibition.
Asked to comment on the opinions of some lawyers claiming that after the decree on dissolving the parliament was adopted, the mandate of MPs terminates by operation of law and the Constitution, she said that the Law on the Election of Councillors and MPs clearly prescribes that their term of office terminates with setting up a new parliament after the elections.
“MPs are fully in their mandate until the new parliament is established. Therefore, such a thesis doesn’t exist”.
Ms Djurovic also points out that it’s a practice in other countries as well, mentioning the EU member states.
