Regular presidential elections will be held on March 19 this year, and the names of several possible participants in the election race are already mentioned in the public.
They are the current president and leader of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS). Milo Djukanovic, professor Milica Pejanović Đurišić, the leader of Demos and the recent mandate for the composition of the government Miodrag Lekić, the leader of the Democrats Aleksa Becic, a doctor Jelena Borovinić Bojović, current rector of the University of Montenegro Vladimir Bozovic...
President of the Parliament of Montenegro Danijela Đurović yesterday she announced the presidential elections, reminding that Đukanović's mandate expires on May 20, because he was sworn in on that date in 2018 and then took office.
Part of the parties of the ruling majority appealed immediately after the announcement of the election to run with a common candidate. Others offered a hand of cooperation to possible partners for, as they stated, the "final expropriation" of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS). Because Milo Đukanović's party at the top of the state only holds the position of head of state.
The most direct were the Democrats of Alekse Bečić, who invited the Europe Now Movement to, as they explained, an urgent agreement on the presidential candidate.
"...Once again, we express our readiness, regardless of when one and the other elections will be held, to choose the position of prime minister or president of the state, for which you would nominate your representative, while the candidate for the other position would be nominated by Democratic Montenegro", he states. in the announcement.
Unofficially, "Vijesti" sources state that in that combination, Bečić would most likely be the presidential candidate, and the leader of the Europe Movement now Milojko Spajic contender for Prime Minister.
On the other hand, the leader of the Movement for Change Nebojsa Medojevic he said that the Democratic Front will go to the elections with its candidate and, as he claims, will win. As a possible candidate, the former holder of the DF list in the local elections in Podgorica and the former Minister of Health Jelena Borovinić Bojović, as well as the current rector of the University of Montenegro, are mentioned.
In that alliance, of which the PzP is a part, according to "Vijesti" information, they think that the citizens should still be offered a single opposition candidate. In this context, Miodrag Lekić is also mentioned, who in 2013 already went to the fair Filip Vujanović (DPS) and almost beat him. Lekić was then an independent candidate.
Behind Lekić now, as one source said, the Socialist People's Party (SNP) stands most firmly. Its leader and Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Jokovic announced yesterday that the winners of the 2020 parliamentary elections should perform together: "And to show that we can work together and that we have a unique presidential candidate from the coalitions that participated in the elections on August 30 and who will defeat the DPS president in the first round, whether it was Milo Đukanović or others. This would complete the complete disempowerment of the DPS, and for the first time they would appear in some parliamentary elections as a clean, true opposition," said Joković.
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His statement was transmitted by the Government from an official order, although the statement was a party statement.
In the explanation of the decision to call the elections, Danijela Đurović explained that it was not up to her to hold the presidential and early parliamentary elections at the same time.
"...Regular elections for deputies in the Parliament of Montenegro should be held in 2024. "In order to hold extraordinary elections, that is, for the mandate of MPs to end before the time for which they were elected, the Constitution prescribes only two possibilities: the dissolution of the Assembly and the adoption of a decision to shorten the mandate", she stated.
Until yesterday, as she explained, the conditions were not created for either of those two options.
The deadline for submitting the list is February 28
Parties or groups of citizens can propose candidates for the president of the state to the State Election Commission, no later than 20 days before the election day. In this case it is February 28th.
After that, the SEC determines the list of candidates within 48 hours. This is provided for in the Law on the Election of the President.
If the candidate does not receive the support of more than half of the voters, the vote is repeated after two weeks.
Pejanović Đurišić or Đukanović
Yesterday, the opposition parties did not advertise on this occasion, and earlier the Social Democratic Party announced that a joint non-party candidate would be the best alternative for the preservation of Montenegro. SDP leader Raško Konjević was asked in an interview with Vijest if Milica Pejanović Đurišić would be a good solution, he said that she would have his support. "I also trust the SDP. I am sure of the Western partners as well, considering the reputation it has. She would be an excellent president of the country. He has been out of party life for a long time, almost 20 years," he said.
Pejanović Đurišić was the representative of Montenegro in the United Nations, the Minister of Defense, she was previously an official of the DPS, two decades ago she was also the leader of that party. In the meantime, she gave up party involvement.
It is not known to the public whether Đukanović would approve her candidacy, especially since he is expected to try again in the election race. Although it was speculated several times that he might retire from political and state life this year for the sake of the DPS reform, Đukanović did not confirm this.
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