Following the interview of the outgoing Prime Minister, Dritan Abazovic, for Voice of America (VoA), when he reiterated that URA, along with the Democratic Front (DF), was going to vote for the initiative on dismissal of the President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, and that his party could guarantee that the government comprising the DF wouldn’t step out of the Euro-Atlantic course, Gradska TV sent an e-mail to both Western embassies in Podgorica and European officials, asking them to take their position if Mr Abazovic doesn’t give up on the formation of a government with the political leaders whom Russia’s President Vladimir Putin described as real heroes back in 2019 in Belgrade, and who now claim that Putin’s their leader.
In a response, the U.S. Embassy reiterates that the DF is not their partner, while the European Parliament warns that Montenegro doesn’t need a government comprising representatives of the parties which are under the influence of Russia and President Vladimir Putin.
PM Dritan Abazovic, whose government didn’t survive a no-confidence vote, despite warnings of the Western allies, doesn’t give up on his intention to set up the third government in cooperation with the DF. As he stated in the interview for VoA during his stay in New York, he heard about the warnings of both the USA and the EU, but considered them as non-binding.
The European Parliament’s standing rapporteur for Montenegro, Tonino Picula, tells Gradska TV that the proposed solution of the former ruling majority doesn’t seem like a sustainable option and that elections are the best solution to get out of the crisis.
