The Official Gazette published acts of the Assembly, adopted at the session on December 29, which do not require the signature of the President of the State, Milo Đukanović.
Among those acts, which were published in the Official Gazette on December 30 and 31, are the amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, the Decision on the establishment of a committee for comprehensive electoral reform, the Decision on the appointment of nine members of the State Election Commission, as well as the financial plans of independent regulatory bodies.
On January 2, Đukanović refused to sign the set of laws that the new parliamentary majority adopted on December 29 - amendments to the Law on Freedom of Religion, amendments to the Law on Credit Institutions, amendments to the Law on Rehabilitation of Credit Institutions and amendments to the Law on Fiscalization in circulation of products and services, amendments to the Labor Law, amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees and amendments to the Law on Health Care.
Đukanović, explaining the decision, stated that the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly stipulates that the quorum is determined using the electronic voting system, "in the way that every deputy is obliged to identify himself (register) by inserting an identification card into the deputy's desk at his seat or on the basis of records General Secretary of the Assembly".
"Therefore, it is an open question whether there was a quorum at the beginning of the session in question and the adoption of its agenda," stated Đukanović.
He also pointed to the "open legal issue" of stating the termination of the mandate of the MP URA Filip Adzić and confirming the mandate of Suada Zoronjić, considering, as he states, the majority negative decision of the State Election Commission, "as well as the overall parliamentary practice in Montenegro that the mandate of a member of parliament is confirmed only on the proposal of that independent institutional authority".
In the parliament at the end of December, the session was held without the presence of the opposition, and the quorum was determined when MP Maja Vukićević (DF), who was in isolation, joined online. The authorities say that the quorum is legitimate, because amendments to the Rules of Procedure were adopted, which enabled electronic participation in the work of the parliament. They also remind that the sessions that the previous government held in the period from March to June were held in this way, with only 20 deputies in the hall, while the rest participated online.
At the request of the Government and 41 members of the government, these laws will be voted on again at the extraordinary session of the Assembly on January 20.
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