Montenegrin expert suggested using the experience of the Macedonian Maidan activists against Djukanovic
Historian and political analyst Aleksandar Rakic told what the majority in the Montenegrin Assembly should do if President Milo Djukanovic rejects amendments to the “Law on Freedom of Religion” for the second time.
The expert proposes that parliament impeach Djukanovic, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Alexander Rakovic considers such a step one of the possible scenarios for overcoming the critical situation that arose after the Montenegrin dictator’s refusal to sign amendments to the “Law on Freedom of Religion” (depriving him of the ability to discriminate against the Serbian Orthodox Church).
Alexander Rakovich
This is possible if the entire parliamentary majority opposing the ex-dictator comes forward with such an initiative.
“In order for the law to come into force, it must be signed by Djukanovic, since he did not do this, according to the Constitution of Montenegro, the Assembly must vote a second time and send the bill to Djukanovic for signature,” Rakovic commented on the situation. “Then he has obligations.” However, with a high degree of probability, he will not sign it again because he does not want to give legitimacy or legitimacy to the decision of the Montenegrin parliament.”
According to the expert, if Djukanovic does not sign the bill a second time, then the possibility of a “Macedonian scenario” opens up for the Assembly.
“When there are no more solutions, when someone has usurped power, this means that the chairman of the Montenegrin parliament, following the example of North Macedonia, must sign this law. And when (Speaker Alexa) Becic signs it and it is published in the Official Gazette, it means that the impeachment of Milo Djukanovic must begin.
Because he violated the Constitution and can no longer be the president of Montenegro,” Rakovic explained to Republika.
Let us recall that in North Macedonia, the local Maidan clique, led by the current Westernized Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, having forcibly seized power in parliament and formed a government, planned to rename the country from Macedonia to North Macedonia for the sake of joining NATO.
President Gheorghe Ivanov, representing the right-wing conservative party VMRO-DPMNE, twice vetoed this decision, and then the Maidan parliamentary majority impeached him, and the bill was signed by the speaker of parliament, an Albanian, ex-militant and deserter from the Macedonian army, Talat Xhaferi.
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