Political scientist Cvijetin Milivojević assessed today that the fall of Dritan Abazović's government does not necessarily have an impact on relations between Belgrade and Podgorica.
Milivojević told the Beta agency that the Democratic Montenegro party and its president Aleksa Bečić, who participated in the vote of no confidence in Abazović's government, do not have bad contact with Belgrade.
He added that the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of Montenegro Milo Đukanović cannot form a new government because it does not have a majority in the parliament, but that it could be in it, and that this could lead to problems in relations between Serbia and Montenegro.
"I assume that the majority that won the elections two years ago will in some way prevent it until the new elections. And the only government with DPS in it would be a government that could very likely create some kind of 'short circuit' between Belgrade and Podgorica , due to the personal relationships of former friends, (Serbian President Aleksandar) Vučić and Đukanović," stated Milivojević.
Milivojević also said that the future relations between Belgrade and Podgorica are not such an urgent issue at the moment, but that it is much more important what they will be like after the elections, which, as he stated, must be held in Montenegro.
He said that the government of Dritan Abazović has formally fallen, but that it is still in its technical mandate, and added that there are now four options, among which are early elections, extraordinary parliamentary elections in the spring, the formation of a new government that will govern the country until the elections, and the possibility of Abazović's government continuing to work in a technical mandate until new elections.
Predrag Milidrag, a senior research associate at the Institute for Social Sciences in Belgrade, said that Montenegro "is learning about democracy, the change of government and the need to negotiate and agree."
Milidrag told the Beta agency that "regionally speaking, Montenegro is another neuralgic point in the Balkans, since a country with an unstable government is not a stable country".
"The ruling and nationalist 'elite' in Serbia still cannot get over the 'loss' of Montenegro, so it seems to me that the policy of supporting the destabilization of every government in Montenegro that is not 'pro-Serbian' in the eyes of official Belgrade will continue," he added. is Milidrag.
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