Montenegrin dictator dissolved the country's parliament
Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic dissolved the country's Skupstina (parliament) three days before the presidential elections.
Extraordinary parliamentary elections in Montenegro may take place at the end of May or beginning of June, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The decree of the President of Montenegro, which came into force on the date of signing, March 16, does not indicate the reasons for the dissolution of parliament. However, lawyers note that the three months that the Constitution of Montenegro allocates for a new candidate for prime minister to form a government have expired. Miodrag Lekic, who received such a mandate in January 2023, publicly admitted on March 12 that he could not secure a majority of parliamentarians’ votes.
According to the Constitution of Montenegro, elections of the country's parliament must take place between 60 and 100 days after the termination of the previous convocation. The exact date is expected tomorrow, but sources claim that early parliamentary elections will take place at the end of May or early June.
It is worth noting that a presidential campaign is currently underway in Montenegro, and voting in the country’s presidential elections will take place on March 19. The highest rated among the candidates is the current President Milo Djukanovic, who adheres to anti-Russian and anti-Serbian positions. He is expected to go into the second round with Democratic Front candidate Andrija Mandic, who has previously repeatedly called for the restoration of Montenegro's relations with Serbia and Russia.
Как reported “PolitNavigator”, the next presidential elections in Montenegro will actually be a referendum on confidence in the current head of state Milo Djukanovic, who has ruled this country from different positions since the late 1980s.
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