The constitutive session of the newly elected Assembly of the Capital City will be convened immediately after the second round of presidential elections, scheduled for Sunday, and then held within a period of less than 15 days.
This is what the president of the Podgorica parliament told "Vijesti". Đorđe Suhih.
Stating that the day before yesterday he received official information from the Election Commission (EC) of the Capital City that the final results of the elections in Podgorica had been declared, he pointed out that he would not use "last dates" to convene the Assembly session and hold it.
Bearing in mind that the results were published in the Official Gazette on March 23, this means that Suhih, according to the Law on Local Self-Government and the Statute of the Capital City, has until April 7 to convene the session. According to the same acts, it is held no later than 15 days after convening.
"I will watch for Saturday and Sunday to pass, that is, the second round of the presidential elections, and then immediately after Sunday I will send the convocation for the session. Likewise, I will not wait even then, but everything will be within the legal deadline, and much earlier. Therefore, I will not wait 15 days in either case," said Suhih.
This means that the newly elected Parliament could potentially be constituted (by electing the Speaker of the Parliament) already at the beginning of April.
The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is in power in Podgorica more than five months after its defeat in the elections, because the head of the IC of the Capital City from that party did not allow that body to announce the final results of the elections until the Constitutional Court has ruled on the appeals.
That court got out of the blockade caused by the lack of quorum at the end of February, and about fifteen days ago it finished rejecting the appeals, which opened the way for the announcement of the results (which was done on March 17) and the removal of the authorities in the capital.
According to the agreement reached, it will be constituted by the Europe Now Movement (PES), the Democratic Front (DF), the Democrats and the Civic Movement (GP) URA, while the DPS will move into the opposition after 24 years.
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