This is what happens when a leader in the region, after adopting the European acquis, becomes a state that is incapable of formulating even a simple legal question for a European consultant.
- Was Judge D. Đ.'s term in the Constitutional Court terminated in accordance with the Constitution and the law? - I oversimplified a bit, but that's roughly how the address to the Venice Commission should have looked.
Instead, the government sent a 16.154-character essay...
For those who don't know how to use a computer - eight and a half pages on a typewriter...
And so many literate, logical and purposeful that not only an international commission of lawyers, but also a domestic congress of Slavists, will discuss the matter...
The written opinion of the High Court has been announced for next week, but everything about what its experts think about our acquis communautaire is already clear from the non-paper of the European Commission...
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And what is written on that non-paper?... Nothing we didn't already know, only this time without excessive diplomatic politeness...
First in principle: the Parliament's decision to unilaterally state that a Constitutional Court judge had attained the retirement age on December 17th of last year caused a deep institutional and political crisis.
In detail, the EC is categorical:
- This decision was not in accordance with the procedure provided for by the Constitution, which actually requires a plenary decision of the Constitutional Court.
- This decision caused a serious crisis in parliament.
- Such events have raised great concerns regarding respect for the independence of the Constitutional Court and the separation of powers, as enshrined in the Constitution.
And what about blaming the government for the months-long blockade of parliament, pumping out divisions from TV screens, portals and front pages, for party mercenaries and further poisoning the already polluted public discourse...
Nothing, except to wait for a new scandal, anyway every decision of this freaking government takes as long as a cat's husband.
The difference is that, when it comes to cheating on a partner, absolute gender equality has been achieved in the legislative and executive branches of government...
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The cat's husband's term also included a live broadcast of the attempted return of the director of the Anti-Corruption Agency. I mean the return of Jelena Perović to office, she didn't even try to become the director of the Anti-Corruption Agency during her regular term...
At first, it all seemed a little silly, like a Chinese copy of the iconic Quiskoteka:
Person A: I am the director of the Agency!
Person B: I am the director of the Agency!
Person C did not introduce himself but did mention machine guns, after which - even before the police arrived - it was clear that the joke had been played...
- The court reinstated me to my job - the former judge convinced herself and the audience that she had read the verdict correctly. And she may have, because the reasoning is written, logical and understandable, just like the Prime Minister's letter from the beginning of this story...
Despite a bunch of useful ambiguities, there's absolutely nothing written about his return to office...
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If it were written, we would have to return Goran Đurović and Nikola Vukčević to the RTCG Council based on identical decisions, not only from that court...
And Andrijan Kadi and Vladan Mićunović to head a media service that, during their mandate, had the right to be called both public and national and professional...
And Artan Kurti to the position of Inspector General at the ANB, due to the frequent visits of those who ordered his dismissal, the Supca prison is already overbooked...
And all of that wouldn't be bad if, for the same reasons, we didn't have to reinstate Irena Radović to the position of vice governor from which she was illegally removed...
And that would imply her removal from the position of governor and lead to the re-capture of one of the few liberated and independent Montenegrin institutions...
Which would suit the so-called liberation government very well...
Why, when she was elected at the end of last year with a record 58 votes of support?
Yes, but six months later, her proposals are supported by a maximum of 21 MPs. Because the ruling parties' support for non-party cadres only lasts until the first unfulfilled wish.
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So that the opposition majority would not feel neglected in terms of its wishes, the Administrative Court returned Solana to its buyer from the time of DPS's privatization.
And he deemed the decision by which the Ulcinj branch of the cadastre registered the state of Montenegro as the owner three years ago illegal.
Which was done not only fairly but also legally, based on the decision of the Government Privatization Council.
The Government and the Council were headed by Dritan Abazović, whose successor proved very effective in overturning the decisions of his predecessor.
All that remained was to return the Ironworks to its former foreign owners from Turkey, Maritime Transport to the domicile Ban brothers, and the Port of Bar to the owners of the license for international cigarette smuggling.
The Minister of Finance at the time of the return of stolen state property was Aleksandar Damjanović, who had previously been rumored to be more willing to donate his own kidney than state money...
Three years later, a reversible process is underway - everything that bears the state's hallmark should be (again) confiscated, leased or given under concession, i.e. donated...
And that's why I haven't been surprised by court rulings for a long time...
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Milojko Spajić tried to avoid the judgment of PES voters the other day. Late, wrong and in vain, because no sane person believed that he cared at all about the secularity of the Montenegrin state in which "everyone should mind their own business."
If he really meant what he said, his government in Podgorica wouldn't be changing the urban plan to build new temples, when believers are searching for candles even in the old ones...
And no, not all of Montenegro is "amazed by a series of statements coming from religious authorities that concern other topics that are not of a religious nature," as the Prime Minister said...
Montenegro, although not all of it, is in a state of wonder, but because the executive branch tolerates it and the legislative branch additionally complicit...
And yes, it was nice to hear from Spajić that he doesn't take "advice from priests on matters of history, politics, finance, economy, sports, music"...
But what we heard, unfortunately, is not the whole truth...
He may not be in touch with the priests, but he is with the one who "receives advice from the priests on matters of history, politics...". And let him pass on that and other advice to the prime minister, but the prime minister accepts it without question...
Otherwise, he wouldn't be prime minister anymore...
And it has to be, until they're done with the beaches, hills and airports...
PS I would also have to, for professional reasons, say at least a few sentences about the excess of authority and abuse of position by B.Ec. Ljubiša Ostojić from Sarajevo, the would-be metropolitan known in Montenegro under the nickname Methodius... However, I won't, because I prioritize the mental health of my readers...
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