5 minutes agoProtesters in Montenegro Again Seek New Elections
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)For the third time this month, the protest was held before Montenegro's Parliament with the slogan “We exist at”, attended by thousands of citizens who took part in the withdrawal of amendments to the president, unblocking the Constitutional Court, and holding early parliamentary elections. At the protest held on November 28, protesters sang [...]
In the protest held on November 28th, protesters sang Montenegro's national anthem, carried flags of the United States and the European Union, and kept placards with messages such as “for Montenegro, for the EU”, “Nationalism is rampant, and that's where the Constitution” falls, “we're not going to get our bags ready by”
Organisers said Montenegro is not and will never be for sale. Protesters told incumbent Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic that Montenegro's entry into the regional Open Balkans initiative would be unacceptable and that Montenegro should enter the EU and not in the Serbian ghost world “, as they called this regional initiative.
Following speeches before protesters, citizens passed through Podgorica, and the rally ended without any incidents.
cheers were heard in protest against Abazovic and Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq.
Nermin Abdiq, a member of President Milo Djukanovic's Democratic Socialist Party, said citizens should preserve the state.
“We must maintain multiethnic harmony. We're in such a number tonight because we're not divided by religion, ethnicity, language or skin color... We got together because of the love of the state. We must not allow patients to be treated without medication, so that our children go to schools that have no heating... We will not forgive... Montenegro will not be a asylum seekers within Montenegro. Let's unite to save our only house”, Abdik said.
Protests in Montenegro are being held due to the political crisis following the collapse of the Abazovic government in August of this year.
The opposition, led by Djukanovic's party, demands the distribution of Parliament and the organisation of extraordinary elections, but the parliamentary majority, led by the pro-rus Democratic Front, is demanding that a new government be formed that would be led by Miodrad Llekq, who has the support of this party.
After Djukanovic refused to mandate Llekiqi for formal reasons, the parliamentary majority tried to amend the laws in order to carry the president's constitutional powers to parliament so that Llekic could be mandated by the legislative body. Protesters have demanded that amendments with these amendments be withdrawn from the Law for President.
But, Montenegro also has been blocking the Constitutional Court, as there is no quorum needed to make decisions since September. Without the quorum of this institution, final results cannot be announced in the event of holding elections. / REL
