The president of the Association of Lawyers and university professor Branislav Radulovic says that Montenegro is going through an institutional agony that can only be resolved by a new convocation of parliament and a new government.
“I absolutely agree with the university professors and lawyers who, in their interpretation of the article of the Constitution that refers to the dissolution of the Parliament, announced that the Parliament can act only in those activities that are ongoing and only in those activities that are necessary,” Radulovic has told Radio Free Europe.
He points out that comparative legal solutions in the region, in Croatia or Serbia, support the conclusion that any new legislative activity is not in the spirit of the constitutional article on the dissolution of the Parliament.
When it comes to PM Dritan Abazovic’s initiative to postpone the parliamentary elections, i.e. for future President Jakov Milatovic to revoke the decision of President Milo Djukanovic and set a new election date through a political agreement with the parliamentary majority, Radulovic says that this is a classic political initiative.
He stresses that Montenegro has been in a kind of institutional agony for a long time.
The outgoing government, the dissolved parliament, the transition in the position of the president of the state… All this, he points out, is a very unfavorable situation for the functioning of the state and from the aspect of citizens’ interests.
“For this reason, the only solution is to return to a strict interpretation of the Constitution and constitutional procedure and enable everything to return to a natural, normal and constitutional state through a regular election process,” concludes Mr Radulovic.
