The opposition still has no response to yesterday's decision by the Speaker of the Parliament Andrije Mandić to remove them from parliament for 15 days, but some of those parties believe that, after Mandić's alliance "For the Future of Budva" allowed the start of the change of government in that municipality last night, talks should be held with the ruling parties and an agreement should be made to include the Venice Commission (VC) in resolving the political crisis caused by the developments regarding the Constitutional Court.
According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", the opposition had an almost agreed-upon proposal for an agreement that was to be offered to the authorities by yesterday, under which they would agree to jointly request the opinion of the "Venetians", which would be accepted by all, on the condition that they formulate the issue for that Council of Europe body jointly.
"So that it is not asked for an opinion whether (the former judge of the Constitutional Court) Dragana Đuranović "She has fulfilled the conditions for retirement," a source from an opposition party told the newspaper.
The opposition had allegedly also agreed that in the event of a successful session of the Budva parliament, which happened last night, it would end its boycott of the state assembly in order to adopt the budget and related laws, and that the ruling majority, in return, would not put other laws on the agenda of the legislative chamber sessions until the opinion of the Venice Commission was received.
"That would be the principle - no sessions, no boycotts... It takes about thirty days for the Venice Commission to issue an urgent opinion," said another interlocutor of "Vijesti".
The newspaper's sources claim that the opposition parties' proposed agreement also includes a request that these political actors have been repeating for some time - that changes to the Constitution in the section on the official language and the Law on Montenegrin Citizenship (introducing dual citizenship with Serbia) require consensus with these political actors.
According to one source, the opposition was supposed to present a draft document today, which would be a response to the agreement that the government offered them on Friday. The parliamentary majority then proposed to their colleagues that the "Venetians" provide an opinion on the decisions that led to the termination of Dragana Đuranović's judicial function in the Constitutional Court, that it be binding on the parliament, that it take all steps for its implementation no later than seven days after receiving the findings, and that immediately after initialing the agreement, it continue its work and proceed with the adoption of the budget and other acts.
"Heavy hearts", but business is business
Opposition parties did not sign the document, but the legislative chamber continued to work yesterday, after Mandić, at his collegium, imposed a measure of suspension on some opposition MPs for the next 15 days of the session, due to the recent failure to hold a session of the legislative chamber at which a decision was to be made on the state treasury for this year.
He stated in his decision that he did so "with a heavy heart", but that "the obligations this state has to its own citizens cannot wait any longer".
The parliament worked for half an hour yesterday, after which Mandić concluded the session for the day, saying that the deputies would be informed about the continuation. According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", there is a possibility that the session will continue today.
The session began after representatives of the parliamentary majority entered the plenary hall through one of its side entrances. In front of it, as well as at other entrances, there was a reinforced presence of parliamentary security (police officers), who were there to allow the opposition members who had been ordered to leave to enter the hall. Vijesti reporters recorded two such attempts, and they passed without incident.
Although several opposition MPs escaped "punishment", only one of their representatives attended the session - Boris Mugoša (Social Democrats - SD). He said that Mandić, "when it was heard that the opposition was preparing an agreement that included the Venice Commission", announced on Sunday evening the continuation of the collegium session that began on Friday.
"... You are to blame, you from PES (Europe Now Movement), you from the parties of smaller nations are to blame for what is happening. You have 40 MPs, and MP Mandić and his coalition have 13. He controls you with 13 MPs...", Mugoša announced at the session.
“A small, cunning, boyish plan”
President of the PES parliamentary group Vasilije Carapić, responded that the opposition is trying to destabilize Montenegro and cause "parliamentary chaos."
"Because of this action, Montenegro found itself in a parliamentary crisis and we were patient, we did not want to respond to the measures that the current opposition, and the former government responded to the previous opposition... After the call for dialogue was made, the PES offered a concrete agreement to the opposition on Friday. Then we saw perhaps some signals that they might be willing to reach an agreement. However, yesterday (the day before yesterday) we received information without any explanation that the opposition did not accept that we go to the Venice Commission...", he claims.
Čarapić noted that the majority did not want to behave like the previous government, and called on the opposition to return to the negotiating table.
"And let's continue the dialogue so that we can bring the session to an end with the opposition present. This is just a demonstration measure that we can work without you," he emphasized.
Mugoša responded by saying that for the government's MPs, dialogue is "their offer and the other side only needs to say whether they accept it or reject it."
"That's not dialogue - dialogue is when both sides have a proposal, and then try to find a solution. I would like you to stick to what you said on Friday," he added.

The SD MP previously said at a press conference after Mandić's collegium, alluding to PES, that on Friday, "when one government entity was giving indications that an agreement was possible, Mandić suddenly interrupted the collegium."
The head of parliament said at the end of the session that the Montenegrin public knows that the parliamentary majority acts "uniformly towards the opposition", and that it is "unacceptable for that majority to make partial agreements with any part of the parliamentary majority".
"Our colleagues from the DPS (Democratic Party of Socialists) need to know this. If they think they can make individual agreements with us, let me start with us from the 'Coalition for the Future of Montenegro', with you (PES) as the largest parliamentary group in the parliamentary majority, with colleagues from the Democrats - that is simply unacceptable because we act as a parliamentary majority towards the opposition," he said, assessing that there was a "small, cunning, boyish plan to find colleagues from the PES, and make a special agreement with them to the detriment of the rest of the parliamentary majority," and that "those who conceived it - are very naive."
You won't be able to go any further
Although the opposition MPs' attempts to enter the plenary hall were without incident, there were some after the session. In the corridor leading to the rooms of the PES and DPS parliamentary groups, a crowd broke out, as MPs from the strongest opposition party did not allow Čarapić to reach one of the party rooms. The DPS representatives were joined in this by SD MPs Nikola Zirojevic i Branislav Nenezić.
Čarapić told the media that DPS representatives are preventing him from reaching the premises they use, taking his belongings and going home. DPS MP Aleksandra Vuković Kuč She told Čarapić that the PES representatives were "fake Europeans", to which he replied that she would not provoke him.
“You said you conducted a demonstration exercise - do you know where they are conducted?” she asked him.
Čarapić, among other things, stated that "that's what the big DPS has come down to - causing incidents," to which the party's MP replied: Oscar Hutter replied with the words: "He delivers pizzas, you bastard."
The head of the PES parliamentary group said that DPS is history, and his party is the future, and that all items on the session's agenda could have been adopted today, but that only the agenda was adopted because they want an agreement with the opposition.
The incident ended after about twenty minutes, with the PES representatives retreating to one of their rooms - not the one Čarapić wanted, and the opposition members entering theirs.
The opposition claims that the Constitution was violated because the Parliament, without the mandatory notification of the Constitutional Court, decided in mid-December last year to terminate Dragana Đuranović's judicial position in that court, due to her meeting the conditions for retirement in accordance with the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance.
They are therefore demanding that things return "to the previous state", saying that otherwise they will not allow parliament to work.
The ruling majority responded that this was an attempt to keep "some of the party judges" in office who "unlock from prison cells those who have reached justice."

“Vijesti” recently reported that holding a session of the Budva parliament, at which the DPS should return to power there after eight years, is a precondition for the party to reach an agreement with the ruling majority. Mandić’s alliance “For the Future of Budva” did not allow the session to continue in early January, claiming that it should be led by their representative and accusing former party comrade Nikola Jovanović of “betraying the electoral will” because he should form an administration with the DPS. With the votes of the DPS, GP URA, the European Alliance and Jovanović’s list, he was elected president of the Budva assembly last night Petar Odžić.
Did the Quinta suggest to the opposition that they return to negotiations?
Opposition MPs met yesterday in Podgorica with representatives of the Quinte countries (USA, Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy) and the EU Delegation, who, according to unofficial information from "Vijesti", suggested that they return to the negotiating table with the government.
A newspaper source familiar with the meeting claims that the opposition members announced that they were expelled from parliament just when they wanted to make a compromise with the government.
Another interlocutor states that representatives of the Quinta and the Delegation were told that there would be no dialogue if there was violence in the Assembly, and that they responded that it would be a step backwards, and that talks should be returned to.
At the meeting, the MPs allegedly asked the ambassadors whether Mandić had informed them of his intention to impose a suspension measure on the opposition, and they showed understanding for it, because the head of parliament allegedly said at the collegium that he had informed "international partners" and received their consent.
They were told that this was not true, and one of the ambassadors allegedly said, "only if he talked to the Russians and the Chinese."
What do the Rules of Procedure say?
The Rules of Procedure of the Parliament (Article 109), which Mandić referred to when passing the suspension measure, states that it is imposed on a member of parliament who obstructs work or does not respect the decision of the Speaker of Parliament to remove the floor.
"A measure of removal from the session shall be imposed on a deputy who, even after the measure of removal from the floor has been imposed, continues to disrupt or prevent the work of the session, does not respect the decision of the President of the Assembly on the imposition of a measure of removal from the floor, or continues with his behavior in accordance with Article 107 of the Rules of Procedure. A measure of removal from the session may be imposed on a deputy even without previously imposed measures, in the event of a disturbance of order or a physical attack on a deputy or another person in the Assembly building. A deputy who has been ordered to remove himself from the session is obliged to immediately leave the session," the document states.
It is also stated that, if a member of parliament refuses to leave the session, the Speaker of the Assembly will order the service responsible for maintaining order to remove that member of parliament from the session, and will order a break until the measure is carried out.
"A member of parliament who has been deprived of the floor does not have the right to ask a parliamentary question at the first subsequent session dedicated to a parliamentary question. Members of the law enforcement agencies may not have access to the plenary hall or to the premises where parliamentary working bodies are in session during the session, except upon invitation and approval by the President of the Assembly."
Note: The first version of the text incorrectly stated that punished MPs cannot attend sessions of working bodies.
20 opposition members removed
The expulsion was "earned" by 20 opposition members - DPS MPs Danijel Živković, Andrija Nikolić, Nermin Abdić, Oskar Huter, Aleksandra Vuković Kuč, Ivan Vuković, Jevto Eraković, Abaz Dizdarevic, Sonja Milatović, Zoja Bojanić Lalović, Mihailo Anđušić, Aleksandra Despotović and Elvir Zvrko, representatives of the Civic Movement (GP) URA Dritan Abazović, Miloš Konatar, Ana Novaković Đurović and Filip Adžić, SD MPs Branislav Nenezić and Nikola Zirojević, as well as Croatian Civic Initiative MP Adrijan Vuksanović.
The "punishment" was avoided by some of the opposition members who did not recently participate in the blockade of the budget session - Nikola Janović, Drita Lola, Nikola Milović and Nikola Rakočević from the DPS, Boris Mugoša from the Social Democrats, Mehmed Zenka from the Democratic Union of Albanians, and representatives of the special parliamentary group - Jevrosima Pejović and Radinka Ćinćur.
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