Only 15 parties announced decisions on the amount of membership fees

The decision on the amount of membership fees for this year was announced by only 15 out of 37 parties, the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) announced. on the website of the State Election Commission (SEC) it is possible to find decisions on the amount of membership fees for only 15 out of a total of 37 parties that are registered in Montenegro", announced Milica Kovačević from the CDT. She states that all parties that have deputies in the Parliament of Montenegro - Democratic Party of Socialists, Social Democratic Party, Socialist People's Party, New Serbian Democracy and Movement for Change. The Bosniak Party, Croatian Civic Initiative, Democratic Union of Albanians, Forca, Democratic Alliance in Montenegro also fulfilled their obligations under the law. Albanian Alternativa and Albanian Coalition Perspektiva. On the website of the SEC, the decisions on the amount of membership fees of the Tuzi Citizen Initiative, the People's Party and the Democratic Serbian Party were published. "Even 22 registered parties did not comply with the Law on Financing Political Parties. According to Article 8, Paragraph 3 of the Law, the decision on the amount of the membership fee for the current year is made by the political party no later than the end of January of the current year and submitted to the SEC, which publishes it on its website no later than seven days from the date of receipt. in the statement.

"The new law will not bring any improvements if there is no consistent insistence on its application," Kovačević said

Fine from 500 to 2.000 euros"The law provides for a fine of EUR 500 to EUR XNUMX for the person in charge of the SEC, in case of failure to publish the decision on its website, in accordance with the law," the statement added. CDT appeals to the SEC, which, as states, one of the bodies responsible for supervising the implementation of the Law, to initiate misdemeanor proceedings against the parties that violated the Law. "The new Law will not bring any improvements if there is no consistent insistence on its application, and if even the slightest violation of it is not sanctioned in accordance with the Law", Kovačević concluded.