Today, the Assembly will elect the members of the Prosecutor's Council, which, as the government claims, will be the guarantor of the establishment of the rule of law.
The opposition criticized the lack of a broader dialogue on the matter and that the majority, through TS, wants to ensure political control over the prosecution.
The Committee for the Political System, Judiciary and Administration on Monday, after waiting for several months, proposed that lawyers be elected from among distinguished lawyers as new members of the Prosecutor's Council. Siniša Gazivoda, Miloš Vuksanović, Philip Jovovich i Borivoje Đukanović.
They were supported by government deputies, while the leader and deputy of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) also voted for Gazivoda. Rasko Konjević.
Deputies of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and Social Democrats (SD) did not vote in protest due to, as they stated, the absence of dialogue between the government and the opposition about the candidates.
On August 5, the board proposed the president of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Alternatives Steva Muk for a TS member from an NGO.
According to the amendments to the Law on State Prosecution, the TS has 11 members - five from the ranks of prosecutors, four distinguished lawyers, one lawyer from an NGO and a representative of the Ministry of Justice.
President of the Assembly Aleksa Becic announced at the beginning of August six members of the TS, including the acting (acting) Supreme State Prosecutor (VDT) Drazen Burić, four prosecutors who were elected at the Conference of State Prosecutors - Đurđina Nina Ivanovic, Sanja Jovićević, Tatjana Begović i Nikola Samardzic, as well as a representative of the Ministry of Justice Boris Marić.
Head of the Parliamentary Club of the Democratic Front (DF) Slaven Radunović he said in the Assembly that the election of the new TS will be celebrated by the New Year, and everything could have been done much earlier.
He reminded that back in January of last year, the heads of parliamentary clubs passed a law that on March 1, the chief special prosecutor Milivoje Katnic to no longer be in that place where he could "make damage" and that there would be someone in that place who would implement everything that the citizens expect from him.
Head of the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Socialists Danijel Zivkovic he said that the proposed members of the Prosecutor's Council have one common denominator. "It is that the courts recommended them to be members of the Prosecutor's Council and that they are lawyers," said Živković.
Head of the parliamentary club of the Bosniak Party Ervin Ibrahimovic he called on the parliamentary majority to withdraw the proposal. He said that he believes that soon the Assembly will get a better majority "that will correct what was done in the last year".
Boris Bogdanovic (Democrat) said that TS will no longer be "obedient, nor a jukebox" and will work in the interest of citizens, not politics.
"The country needs an independent and impartial TS and their decisions that will be exclusively in accordance with law and justice, the Constitution and the law..." said Bogdanović.
Branko Radulović (Movement for Change) believes that the decision to elect TS will not provide European results, nor will it ensure the effective dismantling of the totalitarian, criminogenic, anti-European regime.
Milos Konatar (GP URA) said that Montenegro must fight against the two biggest evils, namely corruption and organized crime.
"I promise you that we will win, there is no mafia that we have not struck and there is no mafia that we will not strike. The mafia will not rule Montenegro," said Konatar.
"White smoke marked the election of TS members"
Momo Koprivica (Democrats) said that when white smoke comes out of the Sistine Chapel, it is a sign that a new pope has been elected.
"We heard that white smoke came out announcing the election of new TS members, but be sure that the political popes in the prosecutor's office died today," Koprivica said.
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