A new government could be formed by the end of the month, according to the statement of the president of the Europe Now Movement (PES). Milojko Spajić, who claims that he is convinced that he has the majority to get a mandate for its composition.
The constitutional deadline for this is 90 days, but the question is whether there will be a new cabinet because the acting leader of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) Danijel Zivkovic announced that, based on the conversation with the President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović, concluded that there is no majority of forty-one deputies on the basis of which the head of state would appoint a mandate holder.
The message of the leader of the New Serbian Democracy (NSD) is on a similar background. Andrije Mandić, who, among other things, said that it is still an open question as to who will go to the position of President of the Assembly. The Democrats insist on this position, as well as the coalition For the Future of Montenegro (ZBCG), of which NSD is a part.
Milatović started consultations yesterday to make sure if any of the parties have support for the election of the government. Although he has a month to appoint a representative, Milatović previously announced that he would do it in about fifteen days.
Spajić, after the conversation with Milatović in Cetinje, said that there is a majority to form the government, but he did not want to say who makes up that majority and how big it is.
"We are convinced that we have a majority for the mandate, and that after that we will also have a majority to form the government... The task of the mandate is to seek a majority of 41... We saw that a majority government, not a minority one, is something that is the optimal scenario . "In order not to repeat the mistakes of our predecessors, we think that we should strive for a majority government and a government that would have stable support in the parliament," he told reporters in Cetinje.
This optimism, however, is not shared by Mandić, who stated that he does not know how the leader of PES convinced the head of state that he has the support needed to form the cabinet.
"The PES representative can get signatures of support when we reach an agreement. What we - PES, the Democrats and the ZBCG coalition concluded at the tripartite meeting, is that it was agreed when we agreed on everything. We have not progressed far in that agreement, so that we could say that he (Spajić) is counting on our signatures and support. When we agree, our signatures will be there," said Mandic.
He stated that he expects that the XNUMXth August majority will find the strength to re-form the government.
"That majority, now that they were counted, has three fifths of deputies, and we could fulfill all the demands - both those expected by those on the sidelines, but also what is most important for us. We could adopt an abundance of laws that are necessary for our economic reform, that are necessary for us to fight against crime and corruption, that are necessary for us to stop discrimination on all grounds..." Mandić stressed after consulting with Milatović.
V. d. DPS leader Živković said that Spajić made his assessment of support "probably based on his impression that he shared with his party colleague (Milatović)".
"...So far, based on these talks, no one has brought 41 signatures of support based on which he (Milatović) would be convinced that he can entrust that mandate. I concluded that these talks will be held in the next month, and that after that, regardless of whether the signatures will come or not, based on the impression, someone will probably be entrusted with the mandate or we will go to new elections", he stated.
Milatović said last week that he expects to finish the consultations soon and appoint a representative.
"We need to get a stable and European government as soon as possible. I will do my part, and I think there should be enough responsibility and seriousness on all sides of the political spectrum," he said then.
The consultations will continue today with talks with representatives of the Democrats, the Bosniak Party (BS) and the Democratic People's Party (DNP).
Mandić: We are not interested in security departments
Spajić said yesterday that he had informal talks with the representatives of the ZBCG coalition, but that, as he claims, at the meetings they "mainly adhered to the principles of the future government and who should be the mandate holder".
"That phase is in question, and afterwards when someone gets a mandate - he would deal with how to implement the program principles through the departments", he added.
Speaking about the negotiations with BS, Spajić said that those talks also concern program principles and who should be the mandate holder.
Andrija Mandić said that they do not expect "anything that does not belong to them" in ZBCG.
"PES won the most votes in the elections and the position of Prime Minister belongs to them. The ZBCG coalition came second, we have twice as many mandates as the third-placed one, and it is natural that we should get that position (President of the Assembly)... I don't see why this matter is becoming a problem now..." he said.
Mandić added that the ZBCG coalition "decided of its own accord and told its partners" that they are not interested in security departments.
"We have given up on that, but we do not agree to humiliation," he said.
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