Prime Minister in technical mandate Dritan Abazović submitted a proposal to the Parliament of Montenegro that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Raško Konjević and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ranko Krivokapić be relieved of their positions.
"In the period from the vote of no confidence in the Government to the submission of this proposal, the public actions of Ministers Konjević and Krivokapić continuously deviated from the Government's official position, while their management of the defense and foreign affairs departments greatly hampered the work of the 43rd Government until the election of a new Government ...", it is stated in the explanation of the Proposal that Abazović sent to the President of the Assembly, Danijela Đurović.
Citing a source in the government, "Vijesti" announced this morning that Abazović will submit a proposal to the Parliament today for the dismissal of the ministers of defense and foreign affairs from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Konjević and Krivokapić.
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The source said that the Prime Minister in his technical mandate will do so on the basis of Article 105 of the Constitution, which regulates resignation and dismissal.
"The Prime Minister may propose to the Assembly to dismiss a member of the Government," that article of the Constitution stipulates.
A member of the Government is dismissed by a majority vote of all deputies.
Abazović on the one hand and Krivokapić and Konjević on the other have been at "war" for months, followed by numerous accusations...
The SDP is part of the minority Government of Dritan Abazović, which was elected in April, and after the fall of the expert Government of Zdravko Krivokapić, which was formed after the parliamentary elections in August 2020.
Abazović's cabinet, in addition to the SDP and GP URA, also consists of the Socialist People's Party (SNP) and the national parties of Albanians, Bosniaks and Croats.
Minority support was provided by the DPS until the issue of the Fundamental Agreement (TU) with the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), which was signed in August, was brought up to date.
The signing of the TU caused a stormy reaction from part of the public and political structures close to DPS and SDP. After signing the TU, DPS, SDP, Social Democrats (SD), Liberal Party (LP) and the Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA) submitted to the parliament an initiative for a vote of no confidence in the Government. This was done 15 days later.
Abazović recently dismissed Konjević from the position of head of the security services coordinator, and accused him of being a contractor for "some structures".
Konjević accused Abazović of being involved in the smuggling of cigarettes, seized in Port Bar...
A few days ago, the MP of True Montenegro, Marko Milačić, sent an initiative to Abazović asking him to initiate the procedure for the dismissal of the Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs in the Parliament.
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He stated in the initiative that the fact that at least two portfolios in the government are covered by ministers who have connections with "certain structures", as Abazović said, namely one that covers the most sensitive security sector - the defense portfolio, the minister responsible for military-intelligence equipment, as well as special forces with the greatest combat capabilities compared to all other branches of security, "which relativizes the entire security system of Montenegro and the safety of citizens".
"The second, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ranko Krivokapić, is the only state official who, along with the President of the State, the Prime Minister and the President of the Assembly, has the right to represent Montenegro abroad, and to manage the information network and officially inform foreign representatives about the situation in Montenegro, and thus directly affects the affirmation of the reputation of 'some structures', while it also affects the collapse of some other structures that try to create a society free from blackmail, crime and corruption. and morally extremely unacceptable ways," the initiative reads.
He stated that, according to the Constitution, the Government against which no confidence was voted in the Parliament has only one limitation in its actions, namely that it cannot dissolve the Parliament in accordance with Article 110 paragraph 2 of the Constitution.
"The fact that the Constitution decided to explicitly regulate the limitations of the Government whose mandate ended, it is equally and explicitly clear that all other Constitutional powers of the Government of Montenegro, including the organizational, personnel and functional powers of the Government remain in force even when the mandate of the Government ends, all until the election of the new government," explained Milacic.
In accordance with that, he pointed to numerous personnel tasks that the current Government is carrying out smoothly in accordance with the constitutional and legal powers, including the dismissal and appointment of the new head of the National Security Agency, as well as other authorities and ministries.
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