It would be a good idea to open a discussion about the parliamentary immunity in the forthcoming period, said the representatives of the DPS. Liberal party thinks that question should be tackled in the Parliament only and urgently whereas the representatives of DF say: “The Constitution is clear”.
Parliamentary parties have instigated a story about the possibility for the institute of parliamentary immunity be defined in another, more accurate way, after Nebojša Medojević, member of DF, had been put into prison on 30 November, by the order of the High Court, because he refused to testify in the case formed before the Special Prosecutor’s Office regarding Medojević’s public statements that former Mayor Miomir Mugoša won’t be arrested because he had bribed Special Prosecutor with €100.000.
The idea about reconsidering the definition of this institute was suggested at the Collegium of the President of the Parliament. DF even asked that the Parliamentary Assembly be called urgently so that they can adopt some kind of enactment, conclusion, recommendation or resolution regarding the question of the parliamentary immunity.
“DPS is ready to tackle this question, or any other, and define them in a more accurate way in case there’s some legal gap or if specific constitutional or legal forms are not clear enough”, said Miloš Nikolić, DPS member.
He pointed out that Montenegro was working actively every single day on the establishment of the rule of law and respecting independence, impartiality and professionalism of judicial and other authorities.
Milutin Đukanović, chief of the parliamentary club od DF said that the Constitution defined parliamentary immunity very clearly.
“A member of the Parliament must not be punished by prison sentence before his/her immunity is removed. Interpretations provided by the High Court and Court of Appeal will remain in the archives of the opprobrium of these institutions and the individuals who signed such judgments and rendered such decisions should be deprived of the degrees of the Faculty of Law”, said Đukanović.
Member of the Liberal Party, Andrija Popović said that any further malicious interpretations of the constitutional forms had to be prevented. LP will advocate for that.
