"All conditions from the Agreement signed with the representatives of the opposition parties and Councils of less numerous nations have been met, so the process can start on November 30 and everyone can participate in it," announced Prime Minister Milojko Spajić.
In the press release, he listed everything stated in the Agreement:
- Census commissions were expanded and more than what was requested.
- The public call for instructors and enumerators was repeated, the expanded commissions selected the enumerators according to parity.
- The issue of verifying data entry by software is regulated by law, in accordance with the Agreement.
- The Law also defines the formation of the Commission for monitoring the creation of data verification software and its duties.
- A parliamentary committee was formed whose competence is to monitor the implementation of the Agreement.
- Data entry control was established and an agreement was observed that no pre-census identity campaigns would be conducted by political parties from the moment the Agreement was signed, so as not to affect the results of the census.
"So the conditions of implementation and control mechanisms are at a much higher level than in 2003 or 2011. We hereby appeal to all rigid individuals not to put pressure on the opposition, because this is a chance to show that we are all united as a society and focused on the European the path of Montenegro, and that we have left social polarization far behind us. The best indicator that we are all winners in this process is the unanimous adoption of the Census Law," said Spajić, the Government announced.
He adds that with this the Government has shown "that this kind of model of inclusive and constructive cooperation with opposition parties and other social actors is possible, which is very important for the future and solving much bigger challenges that await us".
"We thank all the social factors that made it possible for all the conditions to be fulfilled," concluded Spajić.
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