SNP clear: Boycott won’t be ended, now it’s PM’s move

Socialist People’s Party (SNP) continues boycotting parliament until Prime Minister Dusko Markovic invites the opposition to discuss organising snap elections. This is what the party leader Vladimir Jokovic said after the meeting with the ambassadors of the EU member states.

Parliament boycott that lasts for more than ten months now is not perfect solution, but it is the option opposition was forced to chose, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Democratic Montenegro (DCG) said yesterday. According to the two parties, the ball is in DPS’s court now, since the ruling party is demanded to call snap elections. Only under these conditions are they ready to return to the assembly.

SNP said today that it was ready t return to parliament under the same conditions.

“SNP will remain outside parliament. It is the right of every political entity to return to the assembly. SNP will not rush to do that. Boycott is a decision supported by the entire opposition and I do not see the reason why some opposition parties would end it,” Jokovic was clear.

Therefore, it’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic and his government’s move to call for elections and invite the opposition to reach an agreement on fair and democratic conditions.

“The dialogue should start either immediately or in October,” Jokovic said. As he explained, this is necessary in order to hold the snap general elections in spring along with the presidential elections and local ones in 13 municipalities.

He did not want to answer whether EU representatives insisted on returning to parliament.

“I cannot say what the ambassadors said. I can only say what we presented to them,” Jokovic said.