The holder of the list "Dr. Vujičić Božidar - For real changes" Božidar Vujičić submitted a complaint to the Municipal Election Commission (MEC) this evening due to, as he stated, "the impossibility of citizens with the right to vote to freely choose representatives in the Assembly of the Municipality of Budva on election day, they could only to vote lists".
"The said action of the OlK, which prescribed the form and appearance of the ballot, is contrary to Articles 2, 9, 145, 45 paragraph 3, 16 paragraph 1 point 1) and 17 of the Constitution of Montenegro," stated Vujičić in his complaint.
He added that Article 2 states that the bearer of sovereignty is a citizen with Montenegrin citizenship.
"Citizens exercise power directly and through freely elected representatives. No authority can be established or recognized that does not arise from the freely expressed will of citizens in democratic elections, in accordance with the law. Article 9 states that international treaties and generally accepted rules of international law have been confirmed and published an integral part of the internal legal order, they have primacy over the domestic legislation and are directly applied when they regulate relations differently from the internal legislation", the complaint reads, among other things.
The mentioned action of the OlK, which prescribed the shape and appearance of the slip, as he added, is contrary to Article 3 para. 2 of the European Charter on Local Self-Government, as Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
"The action of the MEC is contrary to Article 3 of the First Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well as points 27 and 56 (5. Direct voting) of the Code of Good Governance in Electoral Legislation. The Municipal Electoral Commission was obliged to act in accordance with Article 145 and Article 9 of the Constitution of Montenegro, to prescribe the form and appearance of the ballot paper on which the voters will vote for the electoral list and the candidate from the electoral list, in order to enable citizens with the right to vote to freely choose representatives for the Budva Municipal Council, instead of elected only election lists. The MEC was obliged to directly apply the confirmed and published international treaties and generally accepted rules of international law that regulate voting rights differently from the Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament and prescribe the preparation of a ballot that will enable citizens with the right to vote. the electoral list and the candidate for the representative in SO Budva", says the complaint.
At the session held this morning, the Municipal Election Commission adopted the report on the preliminary results of the extraordinary local elections held yesterday in Budva.
According to those results, 149 voters or 1,33 percent voted for the newspaper "Dr Vujičić Božidar – For real changes", so it remained below the census.
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