Abazović: Administrative supervision to show whether there will be compulsory administration in Podgorica

The government must move towards so-called administrative supervision when it comes to the capital, Prime Minister Dritan Abazović said today.

"Whether this is a prelude to the introduction of compulsory administration will be shown by the supervision and legal possibilities," Abazović said at the Government session that considered oral information on the post-election situation in the capital.

He said that the execution of the citizens' will, which is prescribed by the Constitution, cannot be stopped because of one man.

"Are there institutional deficiencies related to legal solutions, there are, many things need to be specified, maybe they will be specified, but we as the Government have to move towards the so-called administrative supervision related to the Capital City. That is something that is indisputable. We cannot have a situation where elections are held in the Bar, the assembly is constituted and the government is constituted, and someone may like it or not. That a similar thing happens in other cities, and then we have the specificity that due to non-voting within the municipal election commission or because someone does not want to put something to the vote, the expressed will of the citizens cannot be expressed through an unquestionable new parliamentary composition." Abazovic said.

He appealed to the Ministry of Public Administration (MJU), which performs administrative supervision, to carry out supervision, to come with information to the next session of the Government, to state the facts and to take further steps based on those facts.

"Whether there will be some more support in the meantime through changes to legal solutions in the Assembly, it is not for us to judge, if it happens we will respect every law adopted by the Assembly based on prescribed procedures." But until then, we cannot remain silent and leave the Capital neither in heaven nor on earth. We have to take measures, and our measure is unequivocal to start administrative supervision, to prepare information and to come to the next session with specific information so that we can see what legal possibilities we have," Abazović said.

Minister of Public Administration Maraš Dukaj said that they have already started the story about administrative supervision and announced that it will be done tomorrow or in the following days.

"This is a complex constitutional-legal matter that we must not solve quickly and with insufficiently thought-out and hasty moves. I think that the Government should not make a decision that is not firmly grounded in the Constitution and laws. At the same time, I appreciate that we should send the Assembly our findings and conclusions, with the request that their expert services of the Legislative, Constitutional Administrative and other committees help us to find a common solution based on the Constitution and laws and binding for all", said Dukaj.