It is of key importance that all processes take place in state institutions and in parliament. The key to the state is stability.
Such a message was sent yesterday by the ambassadors of the EU member states, the USA and the United Kingdom through representatives of the opposition. In the announcement after the talks, which was transmitted by the Social Democratic Party, it is stated that diplomats in Montenegro support all those who want to solve problems through dialogue and agreement.
The topic of the meeting, which was held in the Assembly, was the political crisis. With the ambassadors of Quinta and the EU ambassador in Montenegro Oana Kristina Popa on Wednesday, the Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the Citizens' Movement URA spoke Dritan Abazović.
After the meeting in the Assembly, the president and head of the SDP Parliamentary Club Rasko Konjević he stated that they sent key messages to the ambassadors and he thinks that they have found an understanding: "It is that we want to see Montenegro in the coming weeks through an institutional dialogue and that all open issues are resolved in the institutions through constitutional, legal and operational procedures". said Konjevic.
In the only statement after the talks issued by the SDP, it is stated that the members of the parliamentary opposition organized a meeting with the resident diplomatic representatives of the member states of the EU, the USA and the United Kingdom on the topic of the current political situation.
The opposition, as stated, presented to the diplomatic representatives their view of the current political situation, and in particular the proposal to pass a vote of no confidence in the Government.
"...They pointed out that in the current process it is necessary to fully respect the democratic procedure prescribed by the legal system of Montenegro, first of all the Constitution, as the highest legal act, as well as the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly. "Political disputes and the resolution of the political crisis must be the subject of discussion in state institutions, through democratic procedure and with respect for the highest democratic standards," the announcement reads.
The opposition, as stated, respects the right and freedom of democratic protest, but they hope that all actors on the political scene will understand the need for institutions, first of all the Parliament, and not the street to be the place to resolve political disputes".
"In this sense, they expressed their concern about the behavior of certain political subjects who, through their actions, encourage extra-institutional action, as well as unacceptable nationalist and anti-European rhetoric, which the citizens of Montenegro, as well as the international public, could witness in the previous days," the statement reads. SDP.
On behalf of the parliamentary opposition, except for Konjević, they attended the meeting Danijel Zivkovic, president of the club of deputies of the Democratic Party of Socialists - Liberal Party, deputy Fatmir Đeka from the Unanimous coalition, Ivan Brajović, president of the club of Social Democrats, Suljo Mustafić, a representative of the Bosniak Party, as well as the president of the Force and a deputy of the Albanian coalition Genzi Nimanbeg.
On behalf of the diplomatic corps were Oana Kristina Popa, head of the EU Delegation in Montenegro, Judy Rising Reinke, Ambassador of the United States of America, Karen Maddox, Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Robert Weber, Ambassador of Germany, Carl Miller, Ambassador of Austria, Viorel-Matei Ardeleanu, Ambassador of Romania, Boris Gandel, Ambassador of Slovakia, Gregor Presker, Ambassador of Slovenia, Meglena Plugchieva, Ambassador of Bulgaria, Christian Timonius, Ambassador of France, Ioannis Kechagiaras, Deputy Ambassador of Greece, Shot Paris, head of the political-economic section of the US Embassy, Monika Dmočovska, chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of Poland, Tomislav Pavkovic, temporary chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, Damiano Rampini, Deputy Ambassador of Italy, Mira Vuity, Deputy Ambassador of Hungary and Petra Ali Dolakova, deputy ambassador of the Czech Republic.
Konjević: Elections are the cleanest solution
Konjević told journalists that no one had discussed the minority government more seriously with the opposition. "As far as I know (Dritan) Abazović did not hold talks with the opposition about a minority government. I don't know why we are doing everything if a majority needs to be formed within the existing majority. We think that the solution to this crisis should be through the cleanest model - elections," Konjević said.
He added that he will discuss other options after the fall of the government. "If there is a political will to form a government, which would have a transitional period, but that should happen after the fall of this government".
When asked how the SDP will express itself about the initiatives in the Assembly, he replied that "it will not spoil the idyll between Abazović and Zdravko Krivokapić".
He expressed the expectation that if the "old parliamentary council" loses its majority, it will hand over power to whoever has the majority in parliament.
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