The government that survived just three and a half months, which brought Abbasovic down from power.

Only three and a half months the minority government of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic remained in office. Abazovic's attitude towards the Serbian Orthodox Church played a role in the collapse of the Montenegrin government.

Parliament in Montenegro brought down the government of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic on Saturday (May 20th) night.08) 50 out of 81 deputies voted Saturday night at the initiative of President Milo Djukanovic's party and four parliamentary groups.

Liberal ecologist Abazovic had angered the country's president two weeks earlier because he had signed an agreement contrary to the Serbian Orthodox Church. This agreement is highly controversial in Montenegro because it gives special rights to the Belgrade-controlled Serbian Orthodox Church. Montenegro declared independence in 2006, then in agreement with the Serbian state. Today the government in Belgrade tries through the church and local proserbe parties and other organisations to exert influence in Montenegro, NATO member country from 2017.

36-year-old Abazovic took office on April 28th after the previous government of Kosovo collapsed from parliament. Abazovic, like President Djukanovic, is considered Western-oriented. Abazovic's government was a multi-party minority coalition with his party U n RA, Turkey, Social Democrats, ethnic parties of Albanians and Bosniaks, as well as a proserbe party. Abazovic will continue to lead the government in office until the new prime minister is elected. /DW