Danilović: Đukanović risks a lot if he refuses to dismiss the ambassadors

President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović risks a lot if he refuses to dismiss the ambassadors whose dismissal is proposed by the Government, and it is certain that the parent parliamentary committee will give a positive opinion, Goran Danilović, president of the United Montenegro (UCG), announced today.

"Among the Government's decisions on appointments, especially among the ministers' decisions, there are those that we from the UCG do not like at all, but we completely agree with the decision to dismiss the seven ambassadors and publicly support them. Generally, among them are those who can be said to have a calm soul that they are private or DPS ambassadors. By rejecting the proposal, Đukanović would enter the zone of violation of the Constitution because he would thereby appropriate for himself the right to conduct internal and foreign policy, which is the inviolable constitutional authority of the Government," Danilović pointed out.

He added that if Đukanović does something like that, the government and the parliamentary majority must have a ready answer.

"Eventually, Đukanović's refusal must be met with a clear and strong reaction from the Government and the Assembly. Therefore, the fact that in Article 95, paragraph 6 of the Constitution it is written: to appoint and dismiss ambassadors and other heads of diplomatic missions, on the proposal of the Government and with the opinion of the competent parliamentary committee, does not mean that he can reject a legal proposal without consequences. The Constitution also says that the President of Montenegro promulgates laws, but that does not mean that he can prevent their introduction into legal life. He can, and that according to a clear procedure and in exceptional circumstances, only return the Law and after of its re-adoption, he is obliged to declare by decree the powers of the President are quite protocol and that is the essence," said Danilović.

According to him, seven ambassadors were recalled by the Government's decision and that is a done deal.

"The President could refuse to dismiss the mentioned ambassadors only if the parent Committee's opinion was absent, otherwise he would violate the Constitution. After that, any, even temporary, cohabitation with Đukanović must stop," said Danilović.

He also said that "the government should propose changes to the ridiculous Law on the President of Montenegro in order to bring his cumbersome cabinet back to the level of protocol requirements provided for by the Constitution".

"When the conditions for the necessary changes to the Constitution are met, it will be rational to change the method of electing the president, because based on the constitutional powers, it is only logical that the president is elected in the Assembly and not in direct elections," concluded Danilović.