Mandić informed MPs: The Assembly session will be held in Podgorica, not in Cetinje

"The first session of the First Regular (Spring) Session in 2025 will be held tomorrow, March 12, 2025, starting at 13:00 p.m. The session will be held in the building of the Parliament of Montenegro in Podgorica," reads the notice sent to MPs.

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From one of the sessions of the Assembly, Photo: Parliament of Montenegro
From one of the sessions of the Assembly, Photo: Parliament of Montenegro
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Parliament Speaker Andrija Mandić informed MPs that tomorrow's session of the Assembly will be held, but not in Cetinje as announced.

"The first session of the First Regular (Spring) Session in 2025 will be held tomorrow, March 12, 2025, starting at 13:00 p.m. The session will be held in the building of the Parliament of Montenegro in Podgorica," reads the notice sent to MPs.

The Law on the Royal Capital stipulates that the first regular session of the Parliament of Montenegro will be held in Cetinje. The Rules of Procedure of the Parliament do not state this.

The Mayor of the Royal Capital of Cetinje, Nikola Đurašković, previously called on Mandić to hand over the running of the Assembly session scheduled for tomorrow in Cetinje to one of the vice presidents.

In his letter to Mandić, he stated, among other things, that the Assembly of the Royal Capital unanimously adopted "Conclusions on the positions and statements of the President of the Parliament of Montenegro, Andrija Mandić, on the Royal Capital and its citizens" on November 7, 2024, clearly expressing disagreement with the way Mandić treats the city and the residents of Cetinje.

"You have publicly, on several occasions, grossly violated the dignity, reputation and honor of the Royal Capital and its citizens, and for this an apology has been requested, which you have not found it appropriate to issue so far. Based on these facts, as well as the desire not to jeopardize the functioning and regular work of the Parliament of Montenegro in any way, but also not to jeopardize the peace and tranquility of the citizens of Cetinje, I invite you to leave the conduct of the session of the Parliament that day to one of the five vice-presidents who, according to the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament, have the right to do so instead of you," Đurašković said to Mandić.

In his response to Đurašković, Mandić stated that the risk arising from these conclusions primarily stems from the fact that, when they were adopted, they completely ignored the fact that Montenegro is a free country and a single territory, and that the impossibility of restricting the freedom of movement and the duty to perform work duties of any citizen of our country, contrary to the Constitution and the law, was absolutely ignored.

"This is a topic that the prosecution should address and determine who can give themselves the right to restrict the freedom of movement of any citizen of Montenegro. That right is guaranteed by our Constitution," Mandić stated, among other things.

He also said that, in accordance with the above, he would like to inform Đurašković that he will inform his fellow vice presidents of these views, so that they can take into consideration the circumstance he informed him about in the already begun planning of the First Session of the First Regular (Spring) Session in 2025 in Cetinje.

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