CeMI: By adopting amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government, the constitutional order continues to be undermined

The Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI) announced that it strongly condemns, as it stated, the unconstitutional actions of the parliamentary majority, which, through the adoption of amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government, continues to dangerously undermine the constitutional order of Montenegro.

"The parliamentary majority composed of 41 deputies cannot change the principles of the implementation of the electoral process, which are already defined by the Constitution and the Law on the Election of Councilors and Deputies, for which the rule applies that they can only be changed by a two-thirds majority of all deputies," points out CeMI, and the PR Center points out .

As the organization states, the adoption of legislative solutions that are in obvious contradiction with the Constitution of Montenegro, at the moment of the complete dysfunctionality of the Constitutional Court, is consciously aimed at the complete collapse of the constitutional system of Montenegro.

In addition to the changes to the Law on Local Self-Government, adding that a few weeks ago, the ruling majority also adopted changes to the Law on the President of Montenegro in the same way, completely ignoring the Constitution of Montenegro and the recommendations of the Venice Commission.

They say that by abusing the dysfunctionality of the Constitutional Court for political purposes, the parliamentary majority continuously shows worrying anti-democratic manners, which must be condemned by the entire domestic and international public.

They add that this is not the first time that the parliamentary majority, which is not always the same but has changed, including from case to case almost all parliamentary parties, destroys the Constitution with its unconstitutional moves.

CeMI calls on all parties, and especially the current parliamentary majority, to repeal these legal changes and refrain from similar moves in the future.

"It is not possible to get out of the political and institutional crisis if the parliamentary majority violates the Constitution almost every day. The anti-democratic actions of the parliamentary majority are leading Montenegro into an even deeper political crisis, which will certainly result in the suspension of negotiations with the European Union and the international isolation of the state," concludes CeMI.