Europe Now Movement MP Miodrag Laković said he hopes that no one will think of using extra-institutional mechanisms to prevent the Budva Municipal Assembly session from taking place on February 11th.
He said that it would be an attack on the Constitution, the electoral system and "of course, democracy, which we must defend even when we don't like its fruits."
"I wouldn't go into personal solutions, they are a matter for a potential majority. Whether it is good for Budva, the citizens will judge. What is holding us back in a democratic sense is the unconstitutional and illegal blocking of institutions, which is also happening with the Parliament," he wrote on Iks.
In response to that announcement, Social Democrats (SD) MP Nikola Zirojević asked Laković if he had been informed "that the mechanisms you are talking about were used by a councilor from your electoral list, otherwise the State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, when she introduced persons of security interest into the Budva Municipal Assembly hall?"
Zirojević added that he was nevertheless pleased with Laković's stance "as a rare voice of reason from PES."
Laković replied to Zirojević that "we have heard about the presence of alleged BIL individuals in several locations, but not a single name has been mentioned yet, although that is less important."
He said that what is of greater importance is that the competent state authorities, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) and the Police Administration (UP), ensure the smooth functioning of institutions and respect for public order and peace.
"You and I are members of the Security and Defense Committee, which controls their work, and if necessary, we will also appreciate their actions at Committee sessions," Laković said.
Mugoša: The opposition in the Parliament is not behaving unconstitutionally and illegally
In response to Laković's initial announcement, Social Democrat MP Boris Mugoša said that the situations in Budva and in the state parliament cannot be compared.
He says that the opposition in the Parliament is not behaving unconstitutionally and illegally, but rather the majority, "unconstitutionally taking over the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court."
"In that part, the Constitution is more than clear and there is no room for interpretation... that same majority, or coalition, does not allow the formation of a government in Budva, no matter who is in it," Mugoša said.
He says that the government is, "unfortunately, heavily involved in obstructing" the formation of the Budva government.
"I do not understand where the basis for the claim comes from that we in the Montenegrin parliament are acting outside the Constitution and the law... In any case, there are Rules of Procedure and their provisions that define certain situations," said the SD MP.
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