DPS and BS did not vote for Resulbegović, three judges of the Constitutional Court were elected

46 out of 78 MPs voted for the election of Judge Resulbegović, 32 MPs abstained, there were no votes against. Judges are elected by a two-thirds majority

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Ažurirano: 27.02.2023. 14:54h
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14h AM

Members of the Democratic Party of Socialists and the Bosniak Party abstained from voting for Faruk Resulbegović.

13h AM

Armenko, Đuranović and Tešić took the oath.

The President of the Assembly Danijela Đurović said that the parliament will decide on the remaining candidate with a three-fifths majority of all deputies, after a month at the earliest.

The session is over.

Change: 14:52 p.m
13h AM

Momirka Tešić was elected as a judge of the Constitutional Court with 72 votes in favor, two against and four abstentions.

13h AM

Faruk Resulbegović was not elected as a judge of the Constitutional Court.

78 deputies voted - 46 in favor, no votes against, while 32 deputies abstained.

Judges are elected by a two-thirds majority.

13h AM

75 MPs voted for Dragana Đuranović, who was also elected, with three abstentions.

13h AM

Snežana Armenko was elected as a judge of the Constitutional Court.

77 MPs voted for it, three abstained.

13h AM

The President of the Bosniak Party Deputies Club, Kenana Strujic Harbić, said that although she is a member of the Women's Club, she did not know that a performance would be performed today, and that she was distancing herself from it.

13h AM

The president of the Constitutional Committee, Simonida Kordić, said that the election of judges of the Constitutional Court is one of the most important elections that the Assembly will make.

She pointed out that the process of joining the EU depends on the fulfillment of provisions from Chapters 23 and 24, which are related to the rule of law, which do not exist without the Constitutional Court.

"Today we are making a decision on how Montenegro will function in the next 12 years," said Kordić.

She said that the status of the proposed candidates has not changed except for Dragana Đuranović, who informed the board that she resigned from DPS.

Change: 14:54 p.m
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The President of the Assembly, Danijela Đurović, said that she expected the deputies to have more sense of culture, explaining that the event did not belittle the victims and that serious music was played.

Marko Milačić (Prava) said that colleagues from the Bosniak Party are hypocritical when they are bothered by the performance, but they are not bothered by the fact that Milo Đukanović was in power at the time.

Danijel Živković (DPS) said that Đurović should not talk to them about culture, stating that what Milacić said had nothing to do with the topic and that he understood his fear and obsession with Đukanović.

"Marginal political figures would have no right to mention the name of Đukanović and the politics of DPS. They will always be marginal".

12h AM

Part of the DF deputies left the session after musicians from the CNP chamber ensemble entered the hall.

Miodrag Lekić (Demos) said that they did not recognize the anthem, but it turned out that it should have been the anthem.

"You unnecessarily got into a performance that didn't work, especially since half of the parliament didn't stay. We didn't recognize the melody".

"I hope that this is a contribution above daily political matters," said the vice-president of the Assembly and co-president of the Women's Club, Branka Bošnjak.

BS MP Suljo Mustafić said that today was neither the place nor the time for this type of performance, when the innocent people who died in Štrpci are being remembered.

"I understand your subsequent Europeanism, but today was not the time to derogate over the bones of innocent people in this way," Mustafić said.

12h AM

MPs of the Bosniak Party will not vote for the election of candidates for four judges of the Constitutional Court, but will abstain, "Vijesti" confirmed.

12h AM

At the beginning of the session, on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the crime in Štrpci, the Assembly observed a minute of silence at the request of MP Amer Smailović (BS).

A colleague from the SDP, Draginja Vuksanović Stanković, said that it was one of the more shameful crimes, and that the perpetrators should be found and brought to justice. She pointed out that the Assembly should pass the Resolution on Štrpci as soon as possible, which was proposed by colleagues from that party.

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Members of the Montenegrin Parliament will vote today on the election of four judges of the Constitutional Court.

The Constitutional Committee proposed to elect Snežana Armenko, Dragana Đuranović, Momirka Tešić and Faruk Resulbegović as judges.

The parliamentary majority and the opposition agreed on the election of Armenko, Đuranović and Tešić, while the minority parties did not agree on the election of their candidate in the Constitutional Court.

In the first round of voting, a two-thirds majority of 54 deputies is required in order for the candidates to be elected, and in the second, three-fifths of the deputies' support.

The Constitutional Court, out of a total of seven, has only three judges and since September of last year, it has not had a quorum for decision-making.

Judges of the Constitutional Court are elected by the Parliament of Montenegro for 12 years.

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