For two seats in the Constitutional Court - 12 candidates

Several candidates applied for the competition for two judges of the Constitutional Court, including the director general of the Directorate for Justice in the Ministry of Justice, Marijana Laković - Drašković, as well as judges of the High Court in Podgorica, Mirjana Popović, Ranko Vukić and Tatjana Ljujić.

Jadranka Novaković, the head of the department for constitutional appeals in the Constitutional Court, as well as Ivan Radojičić, the adviser in that court, also ran for the position of judges of the Constitutional Court.

Applications for the competition, which was announced by the Constitutional Committee on August 5, were also submitted by the Deputy Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro, Tatjana Perović, Head of the Fund for Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities - Podgorica, Enesa Rastoder, and Head of the Department for Legal Affairs in the Secretariat. Jadranka Joksimović for general administration and joint affairs of the Municipality of Tivat.

It was announced on the website of the Assembly that the documents were submitted by lawyers Nikola Medojević from Podgorica, Kasim Dizdarević from Bijelo Polje and Sulejman Guči from Ulcinj.

The deadline for submission of applications was 30 days from the publication of the advertisement.

As "Vijesti" previously announced, the Constitutional Court informed the Assembly at the end of July that next year two judges will qualify for old-age pension, Mevlida Muratović on February 9, and Hamdija Šarkinović on January 5.

In order for someone to apply for that position, they should be a respected lawyer and have at least 40 years of experience and 15 years of experience in the legal profession.

Professors of legal sciences, judges, state prosecutors, lawyers, notaries, lawyers who work in the state and bodies of state administration and local self-government, i.e. local administration, as well as lawyers who work in companies and legal entities, who enjoy professional and personal reputation.

The Constitutional Court has seven judges who are elected for 12 years.

The Constitution stipulates that the judges of the Constitutional Court are elected by a two-thirds majority, or three-fifths in the second round of voting, which is 54 and 49 deputies. This majority did not exist in the previous parliamentary convocation.

Due to the problem of securing a two-thirds majority in the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office (VDT), there is an acting situation, and four members of the Judicial Council have not been elected yet.