MPs adopted the agenda for the second extraordinary session, while they will vote on five bills tonight, and on the rest on February 10th.
Assembly President Andrija Mandić emphasized that the laws will be voted on, but that there will be no debate on them, as this was previously agreed.
Thus, amendments to the General Law on Education were adopted without debate with the votes of 53 MPs, amendments to the Law on Social Housing received 51 votes "in favor", while 52 MPs gave the green light for amendments to the Law on the Removal and Transplantation of Human Organs for Medical Purposes.
The Draft Law on Medicines was also adopted with the votes of 52 MPs, while the same number of MPs supported the amendment to the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance.
Mandić emphasized that they adopted 25 laws today.
MPs have begun their second extraordinary session, where they will, among other things, vote on amendments to the Law on Salaries of Public Sector Employees, amendments to the Law on Railways, amendments to the Law on General Education and Social Housing...
Democratic Party of Socialists MP Jevto Eraković stated that they received a list of European laws that are being adopted under an urgent procedure, but asked why the law on VAT in the tourism industry was on the agenda.
Parliament Speaker Andrija Mandić stressed that the law is important for Chapter 16 – Taxes and the functioning of the Ministry of Finance, and that is why it was voted on. He added that all these laws were voted on with the consent of the DPS.
Eraković emphasized that time will show who wants Montenegro to join the European Union and who does not, but that this law had no time limit for adoption.
Mandić stated that the law may not have had to be adopted due to European obligations on February 1st, but that its adoption is certainly extremely important and necessary for the work of the Tax Administration.
Mandić announced that the search had been consolidated and was complete.
The deputies did not discuss the laws at all, but merely adopted them.
After the break, the following were adopted by the majority of MPs: the Bill on Amendments to the Law on the Rehabilitation of Credit Institutions, the Bill on Free Zones, the Bill on Consumer Protection, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Credit Institutions, the Bill on Contractual Relations in Railway Transport, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Civil Procedure, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Financial Security, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Voluntary Pension Funds, and the Bill on Green and Sustainable Bonds.
Parliamentarians also adopted the Bill on Benchmarks, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on the Resolution of Investment Firms, the Bill on the Resolution of Central Counterparties, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Open-Ended Investment Funds with Public Offering, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Alternative Investment Funds, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Issuance of Covered Bonds and Supervision of Covered Bonds, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Financial Conglomerates, the Bill on Capital Markets, the Bill on Digital Operational Resilience of the Financial Sector, and the Bill on Travel Benefits for Persons with Disabilities.
A break has been given, after which a new session will begin.
Mandić gave a two-minute break.
Social Democrat (SD) MP Boris Mugoša recalled that when the so-called IBAR laws were voted on, the laws were quickly adopted without debate, but that this practice continued.
"This perfidious game that happened - that the session was scheduled for February 2, when it could have been earlier. Our collegium session was in January and we were told that laws must be adopted by February 2. Why didn't you schedule the session for January 15?" he said.
He asked the deputies how many of them had read the laws.
Mugoša emphasized that "the government will continue like this" to send laws that urgently need to be adopted.
"We will not participate in this show, and every time there is such a senseless attempt to undermine European integration, we have no partners," he said.
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) MP Jevto Eraković condemned the fact that dozens of laws are being voted on in one day.
"This shows how meticulously we are working on the European path," he pointed out.
However, he added, he will vote for all European laws because they are "their laws."
"I believe that these are our laws because we established Montenegro's path towards the EU... You will remember the referendum and the slogan that it was a referendum for an independent and European Montenegro. This is Montenegro that is in the EU and NATO, whose flags you burned in front of the Parliament," he said.
"You said you would take us to Brussels. That trip would end in Zaostra or Botun," he added.
The head of the Civic Movement (GP) URA parliamentary group, Miloš Konatar, asked "is what is happening in Montenegro normal?"
"I don't think so. In fact, I'm sure. Is it possible for a person under house arrest to escape the state? Is it possible that pensions increased by 0,38 percent?" he asked.
He added that Velje Brdo was promised in 2026, and that "Montenegro has one of the largest governments in Europe", and that it "increased VAT on books".
"Is it normal for you that today we will vote for almost 30 laws, which 95 percent of MPs did not read? Not because they did not want to, but because they could not," he said.
MPs will initially discuss laws that are priorities in European integration, announced Mandić.
Minister of European Affairs Maida Gorčević thanked Zogović and Vukićević. As she said, 2026 began with good news - with the closing of a chapter.
She said that the adoption of the new Law on Medicines is necessary for the purposes of closing the negotiation Chapter 1 (Freedom of Movement of Goods and Services).
As she added, for the purposes of Chapter 2 (Freedom of Movement of Workers), it is necessary to amend the Civil Procedure Act, as well as the Social Housing Act.
Gorčević pointed out that in Chapter 9 (Financial Services) it is necessary to pass 14 laws, and for the needs of Chapter 14 (Transport Policy) a law that "Relates to Contracting Parties in Railway Transport".
The Minister of European Affairs pointed out that it is necessary to prohibit the trade of tobacco products in free zones through the Law on Free Zones.
Today's session confirmed the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Milun Zogović and Minister of Transport Maja Vukićević, as well as Bosniak Party (BS) MP Admir Adrović, Head of the State Election Commission (SEC) Nikola Mugoša, and Nerma Dobardžić as Deputy Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms.
Parliament Speaker Andrija Mandić also read out the resignations of Democratic People's Party (DNP) deputies in parliamentary committees - Vladislav Bojović as chairman of the Committee for Political System, Judiciary and Administration, and Milan Knežević as deputy chairman of the Inquiry Committee.
The Montenegrin Parliament has begun its work for this year. Parliament Speaker Andrija Mandić has scheduled two extraordinary sessions of the Assembly for today, with almost 50 draft laws on the agenda.
The agenda of the first extraordinary session includes, among others, proposals for amendments to the laws on the Constitutional Court, the Judicial Council, and the State Prosecutor's Office.
At that session, MPs will also discuss the Bill on the National Security Agency, as well as amendments to the Law on Internal Affairs and the Royal Capital.
The first extraordinary session was scheduled for 11 am, but it did not begin until around 18 pm, due to the work of parliamentary committees.
At the second extraordinary session, MPs will, among other things, vote on amendments to the law on salaries of public sector employees, as well as amendments to the laws on general education and social housing.
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