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« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2020, 10:54:57 AM »

Majority of people in Montenegro doesn't support recognition of Kosovo. It would be wise for them to undo that or else their reign will be a short one.
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« Reply #26 on: September 02, 2020, 03:23:27 PM »

DPS met with SD, Liberal Party and ethnic minority parties (38 MPs), where they announced they will act together "as an alliance for European, civic and antifascist Montenegro".
This almost certainly means that they won't support a government that's being negotiated between the three opposition lists (41 MPs).
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/465867/dps-odrzan-sastanak-sa-koalicionim-partnerima-dogovoreno-zajednicko-djelovanje-u-okviru-saveza-za-evropsku-cg

SDP (2 MPs) has earlier rejected working with a potential new government because of DF support, but they didn't meet with DPS today.
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« Reply #27 on: September 04, 2020, 07:50:08 AM »
« Edited: September 04, 2020, 07:54:48 AM by bigic »

SDP (2 MPs) seems to signal that they also won't support a DPS-led government. In their opinion, DPS and allies have 38 seats "and not one more", contrary to the statements of DPS that with "traditional allies" (including SDP, in opposition from 2015) they have 40 MPs.
https://fosmedia.me/mobile/infos/politika/sdp-nasi-mandati-iskljucivo-ce-biti-za-dobro-i-progres-cg-aktuelna-vlast-osvojila-38
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« Reply #28 on: September 04, 2020, 08:23:55 AM »

Politicians of Albanian minority parties about the government formation process.
Fatmir Gjeka and Mehmed Zenka, who led a coalition of Albanian minority parties that has one MP, seem to dismiss the option of working with the new majority (three coalitions of formerly opposition parties that together have 41 MPs).
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/466221/zenka-svjesni-smo-u-kom-smjeru-bi-isla-crna-gora-ako-se-formira-vecina-koja-se-najavljuje

On the other hand, Nik Gjeloshaj, whose coalition has won another one MP, says that, although he is sceptical, he won't dismiss the possibility of working with the new majority, but he didn't get an official invitation.
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/466185/djeljosaj-o-albancima-odlucuju-samo-albanci-nije-bilo-sluzbenog-poziva-za-ulazak-u-vlast
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« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2020, 08:36:58 AM »

Majority of people in Montenegro doesn't support recognition of Kosovo. It would be wise for them to undo that or else their reign will be a short one.

A majority may not support it, but how many are really bothered about it?
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« Reply #30 on: September 05, 2020, 10:39:34 AM »

Bosniak Party (3 MPs) has flip-flopped and says that now it wants to support a government proposed by the new majority.
Based on public statements, 45 MPs (out of 81) are willing to support a government without DPS. Now it's on President Milo Đukanović to not obstruct the formation of new government...
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/466707/bosnjacka-stranka-demokrate-da-budu-okosnica-nove-vlasti-podrzali-bi-ekspertsku-vladu
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« Reply #31 on: September 05, 2020, 11:04:48 AM »

Majority of people in Montenegro doesn't support recognition of Kosovo. It would be wise for them to undo that or else their reign will be a short one.

A majority may not support it, but how many are really bothered about it?

Well, I think a lot. It's a hot issue. And for a certain majority of opposition voters are bothered about it.
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« Reply #32 on: September 09, 2020, 06:11:25 AM »

Formal agreement between the three coalitions of new majority. In three languages - Serbian/Montenegrin, English and German.
The content of agreement reflects what's already known from public statements of the leaders of the three coalitions. Due to the choice of the topics covered and the languages in which the agreement is published, it's probably meant for international, rather than domestic audiences.



There will probably be a more detailed agreement covering more topics (including the distribution of governmental and parliamentary positions) later, when it's all negotiated.
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« Reply #33 on: September 13, 2020, 04:03:02 AM »

Milica Pejanović Đurišić, the current Montenegrin ambassador to the UN and a prominent member of DPS, intends to leave DPS and found a new party, according to media reports. She might be joined by "some of the DPS MPs who are already considering leaving the party".
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/468739/razlaz-u-dps-u-pejanovic-djurisic-osniva-stranku
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« Reply #34 on: September 22, 2020, 04:29:38 PM »
« Edited: September 22, 2020, 04:44:29 PM by bigic »

Reportedly, Movement for Change (PzP) leaves the "For the Future of Montenegro" (ZBCG) caucus in order to differentiate itself as a "pro-Western" party within the new majority, from its "pro-Serbian" coalition allies.
Could this be the end of Democratic Front (DF), which has contested the election as the main part of ZBCG and "served its purpose" of removing DPS from power?
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/471383/medojevic-se-odvaja-nato-i-zapad-prioritet

Tensions emerge between URA and DF, complicating government formation.

- Reportedly, URA leader Dritan Abazović proposes the ZBCG leader Zdravko Krivokapić as PM, but... some of the parties within ZBCG no longer have confidence in Krivokapić?!
According to this article, it's expected that URA holds portfolios including ministries of Defense and Police, and Agency of National Security.
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/471455/abazovic-predlozio-krivokapica-za-premijera-df-odbio

- Milan Knežević, one of the DF leaders, states that nobody has problems with Krivokapić, but that they have problems with "excessive demands of URA", which were "negotiated with Krivokapić", including "Internal Affairs, Police, National Security, Defense, Military Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Justice" and "exclusion of the most important Serb politicians of DF from government".
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/471495/knezevic-trazimo-da-nam-krivokapic-objasni-zahtjeve-abazovica

The first session of Parliament will be held tomorrow, where the Speaker of Parliament should be elected - this position will be probably given to Democratic Montenegro (Democrats), led by Aleksa Bečić.
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« Reply #35 on: September 23, 2020, 07:39:40 AM »

41 MPs of the new majority sign a letter to President Milo Đukanović (DPS) asking him to propose Zdravko Krivokapić (independent within ZBCG) as the PM candidate.



MPs of the new majority have also expressed public support for nomination of Aleksa Bečić (DCG) for Speaker of Parliament during the parliamentary debate.
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« Reply #36 on: September 23, 2020, 09:39:47 AM »
« Edited: September 23, 2020, 09:43:14 AM by bigic »

Aleksa Bečić will be also supported by Bosniak Party and by Nik Gjeloshaj, one of the two MPs from Albanian parties, bringing the total up to 45 MPs, out of 81. He won't be supported by DPS, LP, SD and SDP, who have 35 MPs. Waiting for the other Albanian party MP, who might also support Bečić.
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« Reply #37 on: September 23, 2020, 10:43:00 AM »

Bečić elected as new Speaker. Out of 71 votes, 45 are for, 1 is against and 25 are invalid.
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« Reply #38 on: October 02, 2020, 07:07:09 AM »

Constituent parties of Albanian List (1 MP) have approved participation in government formation talks.
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/474159/albanska-lista-dato-zeleno-svjetlo-za-pregovore-o-ucescu-u-novoj-vladi
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« Reply #39 on: October 18, 2020, 10:38:09 AM »

Bosniak Party (3 MPs) votes against government participation after meeting with PM candidate Krivokapić.
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/478733/bosnjacka-stranka-glasala-protiv-ucesca-u-novoj-vlasti

Albanian List (1 MP) has given Krivokapić a document with their demands.
https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/478357/zahtjevi-albanske-liste-luka-u-ulcinju-kanal-na-tvcg-i-izmjene-vise-zakona
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« Reply #40 on: December 05, 2020, 07:34:36 AM »
« Edited: December 05, 2020, 07:41:29 AM by bigic »

Yesterday, MPs in the Parliament of Montenegro have chosen the new government of Montenegro led by Zdravko Krivokapić (independent within ZBCG), with 41 votes in favour (from the three coalitions of the new majority), 28 against and 1 "neutral" (Genci Nimanbegu from the Albanian List, which has participated in the government coalition negotiations, but they didn't enter the government). 11 MPs from thr current opposition didn't participate in the vote. The Vice PM is Dritan Abazović (URA), and the 12 ministers are non-partisan, after negotiations about a partisan government have failed.

This is the first change of government in Montengro after 23 (the 1997 DPS split), 30 (transformation of the Communist Party into DPS) or 75 (the Communist takeover of Montenegro) years, depending on the definition.
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« Reply #41 on: April 30, 2022, 01:29:09 PM »

(couldn't find any other Montenegrin thread through search, seemed better to bump the old election thread rather than starting a new one)

Apparently the Montenegrin government has collapsed? From what little there is in the English press apparently the two more left-wing europhilic parties in the previous anti-Djukanovic coalition, Socialist People's Party and In Black and White moved for a vote of no confidence in the expert government and have formed a minority government together with the Bosniak Party and Social Democratic Party propped up with outside support from Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists with the young guy who leads the greenie In Black and White as Prime Minister.
At least I think that's what's happened from the scant english reporting. Does anyone (bigic?) know more about what's going on? What caused the government to collapse? Why these reformist parties have chosen to work with Djukanovic?
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« Reply #42 on: April 30, 2022, 03:13:00 PM »

As for Socialist People's Party (SNP), they aren't particularly left-wing or europhilic. SNP was until recently allied with DF, although they're more pragmatic than DF. Why SNP chose to participate in the minority govt - I don't really know, although they were dissatisfied with the Krivokapić govt for not giving them the public sector positions they wanted. In the minority government, they did get that - 6 ministries (around a third of the govt), opportunities to employ their members in public sector... Interestingly, even though SNP participates in the minority govt, they didn't vote for in the VONC against Krivokapić, unlike URA, although as URA voted for, SNP wasn't needed.

As for URA, in the beginning they seemed to be supportive of the Zdravko Krivokapić govt. But the conflict between the two wings of the govt (where every member was an independent apart from Abazović), the pro-Krivokapić wing and the pro-Abazović wing, became public around the time of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) enthronement ceremony in Cetinje, against which the Montenegrin Orthodox Church (CPC) supporters organised protests.
The security situation in Cetinje at the time was deemed "high risk". PM Krivokapić and his wing were close to the SPC and he reportedly wanted the protests suppressed, while the pro-Abazović wing of the govt wanted to move the enthronement ceremony out of Cetinje.
Krivokapić has also reportedly offered ethnic minority parties to join his govt to kick Abazović out, as alleged by URA and the ethnic minority parties.
There probably were disagreements over other things too.
I think this is the main reason why URA toppled the Krivokapić govt.
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