The Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) called on the election committees, the municipal and the State Election Commission to put political differences aside tomorrow and to devote themselves to the legal implementation of the election process.
The executive director of the CDT, Dragan Koprivica, said that the key interest of the election administration body must be a legal and fair election day.
"We call on the candidates participating in the second round of elections, their sympathizers and activists, to behave legally during election day, to remove their headquarters from polling stations, to refrain from violence and to allow voters to vote freely and undisturbed," he said. Nettles.
The CDT appealed to the prosecution and the police to refrain from excessive reactions during the election day, but also to take an active attitude towards possible perpetrators of criminal offenses in and around the polling stations, as well as all perpetrators of crimes related to the electoral process.
"Their task is, on their part, to enable a legal election process, but also a sense of security for all election participants and citizens of Montenegro," Koprivica added.
The CDT also appealed to the Ministry of the Interior to enable the smooth functioning of the biraci.me website and the call center so that voters can check which polling station they are voting at.
"Anyone who adheres to democratic values and rules will refrain from celebrations that can in any way disrupt the election atmosphere or provoke dissidents. The winner of the elections will have time to celebrate even after the election night," added Koprivica.
He reminded the citizens of their right to vote according to their conviction and that no one has the right to influence their choice by illegal means - whether they will go to the polls and who they will vote for.
"The power is in their hands, they are alone behind the voting screen and there they are free to support whoever they want," he said.
Koprivica said that the CDT will not organize classic press conferences during the election day, but that the public will not be deprived of any important facts about the election process.
As he said, all information about elections, voter response, information about possible violations, fake news and live election results will be available on CDT's YouTube channel, as well as on accounts on social networks and websites www.cdtmn.org and raskrinkavanje.me
Koprivica stated that the CDT wishes for a "boring" election day without tensions and violations, similar to the one in the first round of elections, but also that they are telling everyone who might be planning to carry out illegal activities that they are well prepared and organized and that the public and authorities will inform the authorities of all such attempts.
"We call on citizens, as well as media houses, to be careful and not to fall for fake news that may be published with the desire to disrupt the election process, raise tension or cause panic. We call on them to submit suspicious posts to us immediately, so that the team of our portal can Raskrinkavanje.me checked," said Koprivica.
He pointed out that the CDT encourages citizens who feel that their rights have been threatened in any way during the election day to notify the competent state authorities, the prosecutor's office and the police.
"Or that they provide the necessary information to us (through participation in our electoral community on the CDT Montenegro YouTube channel) and thus bravely defend their basic civil rights," said Koprivica.
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