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Presidential veto
President Milo Đukanović has decided not to sign the proposed Law on the State Prosecutor’s Office, which the Venice Commission and European institutions assessed as a means of politicizing the Prosecutor’s Office and a step backwards in the reforms of the judicial system. There is now room for the European institutions to send signals more fiercely and clearly to the ruling majority that it must withdraw the law and start seriously considering its next moves. If this majority doesn’t do that, it will bear part of the responsibility for future events in Montenegro. The President also decided not to support some of the 18 ambassadors whose election requires his signature. Some of the proposals for the appointment of ambassadors are indeed so controversial that there is serious doubt as to the good intentions of the proponents. Mr Đukanović was immediately criticized by the Speaker of Parliament, PM Zdravko Krivokapić, who indirectly threatened to arrest him and called his election and rule the worst period in Montenegrin history. I would agree with the Prime Minister that there were big mistakes during the rule of the DPS, and that one of them was the election of him as a high government official. The Democratic Front went the furthest and submitted the initiative to the Constitutional Court to recall Mr Đukanović.
Sergej Sekulović’s cover-up failed
The Prosecutor’s Office has formed a case and accused Deputy Secretary General Nikola Kandić of driving a car during the accident, of being drunk, of turning on the rotation/blinkers and of probably driving through a red light. Probably a new prosecutor elected under the new law would have decided otherwise. Now, Minister Sergej Sekulović should come out once again arrogantly, in a haughty way, to explain to us that these are just two beers, that this man did not drive the car and the like. Let the Prime Minister do the same, so that all of them collectively resign and so that we no longer watch or listen to them. Imagine what such officials will do when the consequences of their actions are much more serious. The DPS had one of the most corrupt authorities in Europe, but things like this could not be covered up. Let’s not forget that the former government arrested and convicted several of its mayors and other senior officials. This Government is incapable of punishing previous officials, and it is taking care of the new ones, such as Messrs. Carević and Kandić, as if they were in an incubator.
Bilčik loud and clear
In his strong speech in the EP yesterday, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the EU-Montenegro SAPC Vladimir Bilčik warned that Montenegro, as a former leader in European integration, has been standing still for months. Mr Bilčik pointed out that the moves of the new ruling majority raise important questions about the geopolitical orientation of Montenegro.
MEP Bilčik‘s speech was also the presentation of the EP report on Montenegro, which largely agrees with what was said in the speech.
EC spokeswoman Ana Pisonero called for dialogue and an end to the boycott of Parliament.
Marina Jočić’s sincerity
The former opposition and current pro-government media were all over reporting on the case when Ulcinj officials admitted that they were employed by the party. Immediately after the change of government, the same Ulcinj officials were arrested for that. Now that the environmental policy of the new Montenegrin Government is doing that, it is then praised as “honesty and fair recognition”. Whoever from the new government admits things half or everything is forgiven, whoever from the former government admits things half is added to it.
Everyone to Lovćen
The campaign of calling for going to Lovćen continues. Handball player from Cetinje Vladan Lipovina responded to the call of historian Boban Batrićević and said that he would be on Lovćen on 21 May. Lipovina “challenged” the former goalkeeper of the Montenegrin national football team Vukasin Poleksić and his colleagues from the handball team, Marko Lasica and Igor Radojević.
Detailed instructions for coming to Ivanova Korita have already been circulating on social networks in order to avoid crowds. From these videos, it can be seen that the citizens have organized and made an effort to mark the parking space and to regulate traffic.
That’s it. Rest today so that you could celebrate strongly tomorrow.
