Election reaction of Montenegrin Prime Minister Abazovic

Speaking to reporters after the Montenegrin National Security Council meeting, Prime Minister Abazovic reacted to President Djukanovic’s dissolution of parliament after Miodrag Lekic, who was tasked with forming the government, was unable to receive the majority support and the time allowed for the formation of a new government expired, saying this is against the country’s constitution.

Abazovic, urging lawmakers to take the necessary measures regarding the said decision, said: “I think that this decision is not in line with the constitutional order. I invite the President and the members of the Constitutional Court to wake up from their dream”. he used the phrase.

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Arguing that Djukanovic’s decision to make this decision before the presidential election to be held on March 19, Abazovic said it would be more realistic to make the decision after the announcement of the presidential election results.

EARLY GENERAL ELECTION IN MONTENEGRO WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 11

The government headed by Dritan Abazovic, which caused controversy with the “fundamental agreement” signed with the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Porfiria to give “official status” to the Serbian Church in the country, fell as a result of the vote held in Parliament Montenegrin. on August 20, not receiving a vote of confidence.

While the country’s pro-Serbian parties sent the name of Miodrag Lekic to President Djukanovic to form the new government, Djukanovic refused to give Lekic the mandate to form a government on the grounds that he did not meet the necessary conditions.

Djukanovic signed the law, which was voted on twice in the Montenegrin parliament and restricts the powers of the president in forming the government, and Montenegrin parliament speaker Danijela Djurovic announced that Lekic was tasked with forming the government.

Lekic failed to win majority support and the time allowed for the formation of a new government expired. Following this process, Djukanovic announced that he was dissolving parliament and that early general elections would take place on June 11. (AA)