Yesterday’s negotiations between the leaders of the Democratic Front, Mr Andrija Mandić and Mr Milan Knežević, and leader of the URA movement and the Black on White coalition, Mr Dritan Abazović, mediated by bishop Joanikije of Budimlja-Nikšić, are still not over. Disagreements between the DF representatives and Mr Abazović about the new government have deepened, as the DF found it unacceptable that some of its leaders cannot take part in the new government, which URA movement required. Moreover, the two sides still haven’t reached an agreement on the religious freedom law.
“The Democratic Front wants each side to propose its people for the new government, suggesting that an ‘experts government’ is not necessary. The DF requires a proportional method, i.e. everything must be aligned with the will of citizens – the number of won seats of the bloc ‘For the Future of Montenegro’,” a source close to CdM told.
In addition, the DF doesn’t want to give up on certain departments in the govt, but stresses that the international impact on the ‘Black on White’ coalition is huge as they don’t want the DF to take over the National Security Agency, ANB.
Abazović says nothing about the abolition of the religious freedom law
Even the influential Serbian Orthodox Church couldn’t affect the agreement on the religious freedom law, having in mind that the coalition ‘For the Future of Montenegro’ requires Mr Abazović to take a position on its abolition.
Meanwhile, Mr Abazović has been discussing this issue for days with the businessman, Mr Miodrag Daka Davidović, and bishop Joanikije of Budmlja-Nikšić.
According to Pobjeda daily, it seems that the leader of the ‘Black on White’ coalition is under great pressure, as there’s the Serbian Orthodox Church on one side and his party members, Ms Božena Jelušić, Mr Filip Adžić and Mr Srđan Pavićević, not backing the abolition of the law, on the other.
Leader of the block ‘For the Future of Montenegro’, Mr Zdravko Krivokapić, has announced earlier that a special agreement on this matter was going to be concluded.
Leaders of the three coalitions that make a new parliamentary majority, according to Dan daily, will meet today to discuss the programs and priorities of the future government, and how to form it.
