The session of the Zeta Parliament on the annulment of the Government's decision on the recognition of Kosovo on the territory of that municipality, which is scheduled for tonight after the polls close, will most likely not be held because there is no quorum for it.
The club "For the future of Zeta", which has 16 council seats (out of a total of 32), and councilor of the Socialist People's Party (SNP) Slađana Kaluđerović, who confirmed this to "Vijesta" today, will not attend the session.
This means that there is not a majority of the total number of councilors that is required to hold a session. The club "For the future of Zeta" believes that it should not hold a meeting on the night of the national elections, in the building where there are two polling stations.
That club initiated the proposal regarding Kosovo. They have the majority to make a decision on canceling the recognition of Kosovo, given that Kaluđerović announced her support for their initiative.
As "Vijesti" announced yesterday, the session was not canceled even though the State Election Commission (SEC) indirectly suggested that it was not the best solution to hold it on election night.
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President of the Zeta Parliament, Luka Krstović, previously told "Vijesta" that the session was convened in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Municipal Assembly (SO) and the Law on Local Self-Government, and that it will be held on Sunday, provided that the majority of the total number of councilors attend it.
On May 12, the councilors of "For the Future of Zeta" submitted a proposal to "cancel and invalidate the decision" on the recognition of Kosovo. After Krstović scheduled a session on the matter for June 11, at 20:XNUMX p.m. (after the polls in the parliamentary elections close), the "Za budućnot Zeta" club requested his dismissal.
The President of the Municipality of Zeta, Mihailo Asanović ("For the future of Zeta"), on Tuesday asked the SEC for a statement on whether the session of the Council of Ministers can be held on election day, given that the municipal building where the session would be held has two polling stations.
The SEC replied to him a day later, announcing, among other things, that the election day does not end at 20 p.m., when the polling stations close, and that it is necessary to apply legal and by-law provisions in order to enable the unhindered exercise of the right to vote, and in which case the regularity of the election is not called into question.
Asked if the holding of the session on Sunday contradicts the opinion of the SEC, Krstović replied to "Vijesti" that the head of the SO is not the president of the electoral committee, nor the authorized representative of a list in the electoral committee, but the head of the highest authority of the municipality, which performs the basic functions of the local government determined by the Constitution, the law and the Statute of the Municipality.
The head of the "For the Future of Zeta" club, Vesko Rašović, previously told "Vijesta" that they will not attend the session, because, he says, it should not take place according to the recommendation of the SEC.
"It would not be humane even towards the citizens who vote at those polling stations if we question their right to vote, so that voting is not repeated... We are expecting a session where the dismissal of Mr. Krstović will be considered, and then someone who comes to his place, reschedule this session," he said. The proposal for a declaration on the cancellation of the recognition of Kosovo was announced at the end of April, a few days after Montenegro supported the proposal for Kosovo to join the Council of Europe (CoE).
In the Zeta parliament, apart from the 16 councilors of "For the Future of Zeta" and Kaluđerović, and six councilors of the Democratic Montenegro, there are eight from the opposition Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), while the former representative of the Democrats, Nikola Rajović, acts as an independent councilor.
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