The parliamentary majority bears the greatest responsibility for enabling the smooth functioning of key institutions and clearly demonstrating that the rule of law and European integration are above particular interests.
This was announced today by the Advisor to the President of Montenegro for European Affairs, Miloš Radonjić.
Radonjić said that the new failure to vote for a candidate for judge of the Constitutional Court represents a new missed opportunity to strengthen the rule of law, and that it is another step that slows down the pace of realizing the set strategic goal: full membership in the European Union by 2028.
"Precious social energy that should be directed towards reforms and building a modern and successful state through accession negotiations is being irresponsibly spent on political trading in the process of Constitutional Court judges, which has no end in sight. The election of Constitutional Court judges is our most important 'blue flag', which due to the relationship of the parliamentary majority is becoming a stumbling block on our European path. Therefore, the non-election of Constitutional Court judges instead of a 'blue flag' becomes a 'red flag' that worries the entire Montenegrin public," said Radonjić.
He also said that a functional and complete Constitutional Court is one of the pillars of the constitutional and legal order of Montenegro, but also one of the most important obligations on our path towards the EU.
"We all know that the lack of responsibility in the Parliament and awareness of the importance of filling the most important judicial instance in the year when we are supposed to complete accession negotiations is causing us irreparable damage. The new postponement of the election of judges has called into question Montenegro's credibility. It is difficult to find political or legal reasons that can justify the fact that in the final phase of negotiations, Montenegro does not have a complete composition of the Constitutional Court, while at the same time aspiring to become the next member of the European Union," he pointed out.
Radonjić added that the appointment of Constitutional Court judges is one of the key recommendations in the latest European Commission Report, with a clear latest warning that constant delays in appointments could seriously jeopardize Montenegro's ambition to close all negotiation chapters by the end of the year.
"Despite such warnings, the parliamentary majority ignored the messages of our European partner. Montenegro's European future must not be held hostage to daily political calculations. The parliamentary majority bears the greatest responsibility to enable the smooth functioning of key institutions and clearly demonstrate that the rule of law and European integration are above particular interests,"
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