Will the President of the Parliament of Montenegro Danijela Đurović be dismissed today, it should be known after the meeting of the "old parliamentary majority", which will be held immediately before the session where the deputies will decide on possible changes at the head of the legislative chamber.
The meeting is after the recent fall of the Government Dritan Abazović, with the aim of "resetting" relations within the coalitions that won the elections two years ago, initiated by one of the leaders of the Democratic Front (DF), Andrija Mandic.
Most of the constituents of the winning coalitions announced their participation in the talks, while the Democrats Alekse Bečić said that they will decide whether they will come to the meeting "before or after the dismissal of Đurović".
The success of the dialogue, however, is questionable because that party conditions the "reset" of relations with the dismissal of the head of the parliament, while the Socialist People's Party (SNP), of which Đurović is an official, states that this is unacceptable to them.
Yesterday, the two largest parliamentary subjects, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the DF, could not tell "Vijesti" how they would decide today on the question of dismissing Đurović. It will depend on the votes of one or another subject, whether it will happen.
The DPS unofficially told the list that they have not yet decided how they will vote, while the DF again could not say whether they would withdraw the motion for dismissal, considering that they are trying to gather the "old majority".
From that alliance, they unofficially said that "there are more options in the game", and that everything will be known after the discussion of the "old majority".
The majority votes of the total number of deputies present are required for the dismissal of Đurović.
Leader and Member of Parliament of the Liberal Party (LP) Andrija Popović, the night before yesterday, he told TVCG that "there are hints" that the dismissal initiative will be withdrawn.
This could happen in the event that the number of its signatories falls below 27, which is normally necessary to demand the convening of an extraordinary session.
The proposal for the dismissal of Đurović was submitted by 31 representatives of the DF, Democrats, Demos, Workers' Party, Prava and United Montenegro.
The reason for this was the extraordinary session of the parliament held on August 16, which DF claimed was illegally convened, and whose agenda included the election of members of the Judicial Council and changes to two laws based on which Zeta became an independent municipality.
Đurović also complains that at the session of the Defense and Security Council, she voted for the dismissal of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Montenegro, Brigadier General Milutin Đurović.
So far, in addition to the Democrats, the Social Democrats (SD) have announced their support for the removal of the Speaker of the Parliament, while the other parties have not declared themselves.
In the case of dismissal of Đurović, the Assembly, according to the Rules of Procedure, must start the process of electing a new head of parliament at the same session and at the latest at the next session.
Until then, the vice-president from the club with the largest number of deputies performs the duties of president.
Since the Assembly currently has only one vice-president, Branko Bošnjak (Movement for Change), this means that she would manage the parliament if Đurović is dismissed.
Đurović was elected president on April 28, and before her, he held that position Aleksa Becic, who, due to the constitution of the majority that elected Abazović's Government, was dismissed on February 7.
Mandić asked for a meeting of the parties an hour before the start of the parliament session, that is at 11 a.m., because, in his opinion, that time is enough for them to reach an agreement.
The political alliance headed by him tried to restore relations between the winners of the election and ahead of the vote of no confidence in the Government, which was overthrown in the night between August 19 and 20.
For the formation of a new government, the necessary majority does not yet exist in the Assembly. The Democrats claim that they will not be with the DPS, the DF as well, while the Civic Movement URA and the SNP will not be with the Democrats.
On the other hand, even DPS with former long-term coalition partners does not have 41 votes to elect a new government.
Lekić: Agreement or the end of the carnival of provincial supremacy
Leader and representative of Demos Miodrag Lekić he said that today's meeting should be "made public".
He points out that the parties are bound by respect for the citizens, as well as assuming public responsibility for the outcome of the meeting.
"Namely, the meeting should publicly and definitively show whether the elected parliamentary majority, after many irresponsible experiments - including two unsuccessful governments - can do what it should have done at the beginning. It is to realize the electoral will of the citizens and affirm a new image of politics whose only goal is the general good of the citizens through a serious agreement, a spirit of cooperation and consensus, competent and reform management of state affairs. Or to take responsibility for the negative outcome with the carnival of provincial arrogance and manipulation, with the politics of wrestling in the mud".
In the second case, Lekić states, the definitive end of the elected parliamentary majority should be announced, "as a new, this time, final gift to the DPS and their collaborators."
"Who are jointly responsible for the created system of failed economy, endemic corruption, controlled judicial institutions and overall criminalization of Montenegrin society".
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