Dritan Abazović, the Deputy Prime Minister, the mandate for the composition of the new government and the leader of the Citizens' Movement (GP) URA, said that "if the Prime Minister's position and method remain the same, today the Government will not make a decision on sanctions against Russia."
Abazović announced this to journalists after the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) conference "Disinformation Network: Stolen Democracy".
He said that Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić wants to form a coordinating body for the implementation of sanctions, "but that the sanctions should be introduced first".
"What are they going to monitor? The MUP, as the competent authority, has already formed its own body, which deals with the overall situation, the reception of refugees, their status here. We did that two or three weeks ago. The only institution that is late is the Government, we are all thought it was because of the Beran elections. The Beran elections have passed. Now is the chance to make a decision, but if they want to make it that way, I will not vote for it, I expect that others did not vote for it either, but I will respect the decisions of the majority. This is further shaming of the state in the international context".
Abazović added that the government's decision on sanctions should include "some media in the context of disinformation", and that "this has not happened so far".
"Until now, there have been hints from the Ministry of Public Administration that sanctions should be implemented against certain media, but so far there have been no such sanctions...", said Abazović.
Speaking about the minority government, he said that he had a conversation this morning and that "they are very close to the solution and presentation of the new government".
"I was given a mandate to form a minority government, not a technical one. If anyone else wants to join us, from among those subjects who excluded themselves in the previous period, it is not too late. I do not want to set deadlines, I cannot be responsible for the actions of political party in the parliament. As far as I'm concerned, there may be a session tomorrow morning. We waited, everyone was tactical, Beran elections, Ulcinj elections... I said when I got the mandate that I would be ready in 14 days and I was ready. I am my own the work is finished and I hope that Montenegro will get a government very soon", Abazović said and added that he is waiting for the political subjects, which participate in it, to make a decision.
When asked if his main task now is to convince the SNP to accept the SD and the SDP, he replied that the situation in Ukraine has "changed the context a little" in the sense that "a wider consensus is needed", adding that it will not "be to the detriment of the SNP -a".
"I think the model I presented to them is correct and fair. The most important thing is that we don't lose that support. As for other parties, which have announced their support and may have some dilemma or some internal turbulence, that doesn't bother me. I want the 43. the government has strong international support because of everything we talked about at the CDT conference. Whose presidency doesn't understand that, it doesn't matter, we can't change that. Only then don't they 'clog' about how they are defending Montenegro, how some are patriots and how they defend national interests. That's a message for anyone's presidency, including the Presidency of GP URA, but I'm sure that after the local elections everything calmed down a bit. People were a little tense and now we will reach the final position much more easily".
Commenting on the "Montenegro works" company, Abazović said that "at this moment it cannot serve its purpose."
"If it is going to work, numerous laws must be changed because there is no jurisdiction over EPCG, airports and the like... We need to bring order to state companies, but whether we should centralize power in this way is questionable," Abazović said. .
When asked whether ANB reacted late to the tip that he was in TQ Plaza in Budva, he replied that this was not true.
"That information is not correct. The police carried out the surveillance on time, in a very professional manner, without raising a major panic, activities were carried out in TQ Plaza"
He added that the security sector is constantly under attack from the media in Montenegro.
He said that nothing extraordinary is happening and citizens can be calm.
Abazović said that all people in Montenegro are safe, special attention is paid to the media.
"What individuals do on the networks, or diplomats, is a consequence of the overall democratic development of this society. It should be fought against, it should be condemned."
He said that there was no abuse of state resources during the stay of State Secretary of the MUP Rad Milošević in Ulcinj on election day.
Milošević, as he said, stayed there as a member of the Coordination Body of the MUP for monitoring local elections, because there were situations where people close to the DPS did not allow a citizen to enter his own apartment.
"It was normal for the Police Directorate to carry out identification of persons who prevent someone from entering the building. When it comes to abuses, they were a feature of the previous regime. That time has passed".
He said that if there is a repeat of the elections in Ulcinj, it will be because more people voted at one polling station than were registered.
"I think the consequence of these inscriptions about abuses is that the DPS experienced a big slap in the political sense and a political shipwreck".
Bonus video:
