Europe Now (PES) MP and co-chair of the Committee for Comprehensive Electoral Reform, Vasilije Čarapić, said that what we have now is not a complete reform, and that the Committee has been continuing its work since the fall.
He announced this at the Round Table on Electoral Legislation in the Parliament of Montenegro.
Čarapić pointed out that at the last session of the Committee, there was a great deal of consensus among political entities regarding the reform.
"We simply carved out these laws to be acceptable to everyone," he explained.
The second co-chair, Nikola Rakočević from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), assessed that the other pillars of electoral reform must also be adopted.
Marija Vesković from the cabinet of President Jakov Milatović said that it is important that the Committee focuses on open lists and direct elections of municipal presidents.
She added that the proposal is to give independent individuals the opportunity to run, but also to introduce full gender equality.
Jelenka Andrić (PES) assessed that all political entities supported the proposal to increase the women's quota to 40 percent.
Čarapić pointed out that many things are declaratively supported, but when it comes to implementing them, there is a standstill.
Independent MP Radinka Ćinćur pointed out that there is no country in the region that has fewer women in parliament.
The financial director of the Social Democrats (SD), Emil Durumbašić, assessed that it had happened before that parties had found ways to advertise on social networks while avoiding ASK supervision.
The Director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK), Dušan Drakić, said that parties have the option of paying for anything from the party account and classifying it as "regular work", when in fact it is campaign expenses.
Dragan Koprivica from the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) pointed out that, by introducing one-day elections, a specific deadline must be set for when they must take place.
The debate will continue behind closed doors, where MPs will continue to prepare the final version of the law, and Čarapić announced that the debate on the law should take place on Saturday in plenary.
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