The Committee for Comprehensive Reform of Electoral Legislation will have four working groups, with four members each.
This was proposed by the president of that working body, Strahinja Bulajić, at the first session, stating that he manages the government with two subcommittees, and the opposition with two.
He suggested that the Board issue an invitation for up to three NGO representatives and two from the academic community to participate in the work.
During the discussion on the methodology of the board's work, Boris Mugoša (SD) said that a Manual on the board's work should also be adopted.
He pointed out that working groups can be strengthened with other MPs, in addition to the members of the Committee.
He suggested that they reach the conclusion that the Government is not taking further steps for legal legislation that is within the competence of the Committee.
During the discussion, Daliborka Pejović (DPS) pointed out that one of the dilemmas she has is what scope of legislation they are changing:
"Are we going to change ... the procedures and elements of the law that concern the electoral process or are we going to change the legal solutions in order to put the institutions in a better position, which should participate in the electoral process itself in a better and more objective way".
Bulajić replied that six laws are being changed, stating that the State Election Commission (SEC) and the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) are indispensable in that process.
Draginja Vuksanović Stanković (SDP) asked whether it is possible to talk about trust in the election process if the Government played hide and seek on the stage in the previous days through the attempt to adopt the Decision concerning the criteria for obtaining citizenship and the Law on Residence and Residence Registers:
"Through which, in a very tendentious way, they are trying to carry out political electoral engineering and change the demographic structure of the population of this country."
She said that the citizens will not allow it, and "probably not even the members of the Board who should deal with these issues."
Branka Bošnjak (DF) said that before the formation of subgroups, it should be defined to what extent the electoral legislation is being changed, given that the deadline for the completion of the Committee - June 6 is too short if they think they are changing the entire system.
"It is especially important to me whether we will go with the new Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, because I think that the previous law underwent so many changes that it became unreviewable. I think we should write a new law," said Bošnjak.
She said that they do not shy away from amending the Constitution if necessary.
Albanian List MP Genci Nimanbegu said that they must send a message that the situation in the country is approaching an emergency, on economic, political and social grounds.
"The government and the opposition must find a common language if we mean well," said Nimanbegu.
Predrag Bulatović (DF) pointed out that the Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament is passed with two-thirds of the votes, that is, 54 votes of the members of parliament, stating that he is advocating that the law be adopted with as much consent as possible and with a majority of more than two-thirds.
"This means that the political will of both the parliamentary minority and the majority is needed," said Bulatović.
Bulatović said that it is true that the Decision on the formation of the Board does not address the issue of potential constitutional changes.
"I answer the question of open lists by asking why we don't go with the majority system. It is necessary to amend some constitutional clauses so that the majority system could be introduced into the legal order of Montenegro".
Democrat MP Momo Koprivica said that, if the reform of the electoral legislation, which was set before the committee as a goal, takes place, there will be improvement in various fields of activity of institutional factors.
"It will be important, not only that we have equal starting positions and equal chances in the election game, but that we have a different attitude towards the exercise of power, a different attitude towards public functions and in that period that is not so much related to the electoral process," he said. is Koprivica.
He pointed out that the new parliamentary majority wants to define legal restrictions, because they do not want autocratic or lawless rule.
"Certainly defining the political framework that will ensure fair and democratic elections depends on the political will and the responsibility of all the actors involved in this process", pointed out Koprivica.
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