To the Expert Government Zdravka Krivokapića there was a vote of no confidence because the state was in a blockade, but neither was the new mandate Dritan Abazovic, due to tactics among political opponents, even after a month he failed to form a new government and unblock the state.
The opposition said that the formation process is taking an inappropriately long time, and some people see the president as the culprit, "because he failed to secure sufficient support in the Parliament for the concept of a minority government."
President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic on March 3, he proposed the leader of the Citizens' Movement URA and the former Deputy Prime Minister as the representative for the composition of the 43rd Government. At the end of last month, Abazović said that "there are tactics", but that he completed his part of the work in 14 days.
"The model I offered is on the table, it has been completed, it remains for the final decision to be announced by the people who should support it," Abazović told reporters on Friday after the reception at Villa "Gorica".
He became a mandate holder after the Government was voted no-confidence in the Assembly on February 4 by the votes of the opposition, led by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), and the "Black on White" coalition.
The motion of no confidence in the Government was submitted by the General Assembly of URA and the opposition, arguing that Prime Minister Krivokapić does not respect the Constitution or basic democratic principles, that he threatened the reforms in the key chapters 23 and 24, and that his actions threatened the cooperation between the legislative and executive authorities "which is directly produced an institutional and political crisis in the country".
Since the "overthrow" of the previous Government, the work of the Assembly has been blocked again, except for the elections Maje Jovanovic for the Acting Supreme State Prosecutor (VDT) i Vladimir Novović for the chief special state prosecutor, the selection of judges of the Constitutional Court, distinguished lawyers in the Judicial Council is also pending...
Outgoing Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić said two days ago that the political crisis in Montenegro is a consequence of the vote of no confidence in the expert government.
Marović: The outgoing government has no results in EU integration
Vice President of GP URA, Jovana Marović, however, assesses that the outgoing Government could not achieve results in the process of European integration for several reasons:
"And some of them are the absence of the same agenda and priorities between the parties that made up the parliamentary majority, the blocking of certain appointments and processes by some of them, the absence of timely reactions in changing the negotiation structure and framework for negotiations with the EU".
She said that all this had an effect on the even worse grades in the annual report of the European Commission compared to the previous ones:
"And it is known that they were mediocre before, despite the fact that we have been negotiating for almost a decade - to the greatest extent due to the fact that DPS could only ensure the fulfillment of technical conditions in the process, and not political ones, so the responsibility for numerous violations of the law, corruption and abuses were absent, and the institutions were captured by party interests".
Ćulafić: Today we are much more blocked
The Democrats, whose official, do not have a similar opinion Damjan Ćulafić assesses that responsibility for the blockade of institutions and for the political "chaos" in which Montenegro is currently found lies with those who initiated the destabilization process.
"During a year of existence in political circumstances that did not give it a single second of peace to work, the new government did many good things for the citizens of Montenegro, some of which, especially in the field of social policies, could be defined as epoch-making without the slightest exaggeration ", Ćulafić told "Vijesti".
Pointing out that free textbooks for all primary school students, child allowances, old-age allowances, salary increases and pensions are very concrete evidence of the path taken by Montenegro after the change of government, Ćulafić says that such a situation did not suit those whom the citizens sent to the opposition, so they - they have all the opportunities, found a way and a partner to destabilize Montenegro and stop essential reforms.
"And there is a difference compared to the current situation: today, Montenegro is much more blocked and unstable than it was a few months ago. The result is that the necessary processes that were started in order for our country to become a society governed by the rule of law in the near future will be stopped, and the situation returned to the one before August 30, but luckily for the citizens only for a short time, more precisely, until the first next parliamentary elections when to those forces, Montenegro will show again, this time more convincingly and decisively, that it is firmly resolved to leave such times, policies and practices in the past".
Perić: Whoever has the most power is also the most responsible
Srdjan Peric from the newly founded "Revolution" movement, however, believes that societies that always project responsibility in only one person hardly become effective.
"Equally, an individual who believes that he alone is the key to the solution of every problem is more likely to lead the community into a frustrating state - because no matter what anyone's capacities are - he cannot solve every problem in the system. That's what delegation is for, which is realized through public administration," Perić pointed out.
He said that problems arise when you move away from the principles of democracy, which implies defining an explicit majority that makes decisions and learning from mistakes.
"When we continuously promote functional models with the essential goal of governing the country without a clearly defined majority and when you have rhetoric in which you put the civil sector and the mafia in the same context, when you send a message about the need to sanction the media - then don't expect the public to applaud you. That's when the political system legally goes into a blockade, because you don't have enough strength and capacity to manage it, but you have enough leverage to prevent others from actively participating in the adoption of umbrella state decisions".
In that process, he states, everyone has a piece of responsibility, but the biggest responsibility belongs to the one who has the most power.
"We have to get used to admitting mistakes, to eliminate them and at least try to put ad hominem attacks aside. That might help unblock the system. Everything beyond that is bare supremacy and a struggle for political power".
Zeković: Citizens suffer the consequences
In the opposition, they agree that the process of forming the government takes a long time, and some see the president as the culprit.
Vice President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Bojan Zekovic he assessed that the process is taking an inappropriately long time, with harmful consequences for citizens. Zeković pointed out that they expect that in the next few days the representative will inform the public whether he succeeded in forming a government, and if not - that they should not waste further time and resources, but should devote themselves to other models of getting out of the crisis.
"After we secured the majority for the dismissal of the Government of Zdravko Krivokapić, the prerequisites were created for the formation of a new parliamentary majority of value, which has already been expressed through a series of votes for the dismissal (Vladimir) Leposavić, Resolution on Srebrenica, dismissal Alekse Bečić and the Resolution on Ukraine. On that wave of changes, Abazović received a mandate with the task of removing the damage of Krivokapić's government, unblocking paralyzed institutions and the continuation of European integration".
Zeković said that for all that time, the SDP's focus has been on the real problems of the citizens, who, due to the blockade of the Assembly, are the only ones in Europe without anti-crisis measures, still pay the highest amounts of excise duty on fuel in the region, while the domestic economy does not receive the necessary aid package.
Šehović: The most responsible mandatary
President of the Social Democrats (SD) Damir Sehovic assesses that the greatest responsibility for the current state of affairs in the country rests with Mandator Abazović, who, even after more than a month, failed to secure sufficient support in the parliament for the concept of a minority government.
"The basic prerequisite for speeding up the negotiation process with the European Union is a pro-Western, pro-European and pro-NATO government. For such a government, there has been a clear parliamentary majority for a long time," Šehović told "Vijesta".
He said that everyone else who wants to join such a majority is welcome, but not at the cost of making rotten compromises with state interests.
"And certainly not in such a way that those anti-NATO parties, by leading the Assembly and gaining a dominant role in the government, are in a situation where, by doing or not doing anything at the time of heightened security risks that arose after Russia's aggression against Ukraine, they hinder the limitation of the spread of the malignant influence of other countries on Montenegro."
Šehović emphasized that SD and other sovereignist parties are not ready to make rotten compromises of that kind.
"I don't believe the representative either. If it is, the best contribution to the unblocking of institutions and our European perspective would be by returning the mandate to the president of the state".
On Saturday, the Liberal Party announced that any government that would not be able to secure the support of at least 49 deputies is pointless, and the DPS said that all European partners know that Montenegro, precisely because of the actions of Vlado Krivokapić, is a country where " stalled European road, in which vampiric nationalism and social anomalies have awakened more and more often".
The new Government will have a Ministry of European Affairs
Jovana Marović said that the European government will most likely have a Ministry of European Affairs in its structure, which will create a basis for direct political responsibility in relation to what was done in the process:
"And with better coordination and communication with the negotiation structure, a timely reaction will be ensured both internally, in relation to all relevant actors in society, and externally, towards Brussels".
She pointed out that, with a clear pro-European and pro-Western course, the new government will fully and timely harmonize and harmonize its policies with the EU, which was a challenge for the existing one.
"And the fact that we managed to impose sanctions on Russia only on the third attempt, because of its aggression against Ukraine, speaks of this."
Marović said that the European government proposed by the URA will be made up of parties that have agreed in advance on the cooperation framework, principles and key priorities.
"These parties, in relation to the obligations from the negotiation process, the current situation in the country, and taking into account the time limit, i.e. the potential duration of its mandate, defined what it is possible to do in this period, and that it essentially reflects on the process and send a clear signal to our partners in Brussels that key reforms have been made".
Another important difference, he states, is that the European government should have greater support in the parliament, "so it will be easier to discuss and seek solutions for key appointments in the judiciary."
"Because the depoliticization of this branch of government is a condition of all conditions for a decisive fight against corruption and organized crime, which is at the center of efforts to strengthen the rule of law and meet the standards related to it".
Ćulafić: They are selling a fairy tale that the main culprit should be the locomotive of progress
Damjan Ćulafić said that the story about the acceleration of the European path and the unblocking of institutions "from the putschist" is a worthless daily political pamphlet that serves as a cover for the creation of a minority government against the majority will of the citizens:
"Because the responsibility for blocking Montenegro's European path and blocking the institutions of the system rests solely on the policies of the previous DPS governments and those who cooperate with them today, and who are clearly seen as a reputable partner for 'accelerating the European path'. So, someone wants to sell us a fairy tale that the main culprit for the decades-long deep systemic problems found should now be the locomotive of progress".
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