The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) parliamentary group announced that the GP URA and the majority, without agreement with the rest of the opposition, elected the president and deputy president of the Inquiry Committee for Možura.
"At today's session of the Administrative Committee, there was a gross abuse of the parliamentary investigation institute, allegedly orchestrated by the opposition URA and the parliamentary majority. Namely, Dritan Abazović from the opposition was elected as the president of the Inquiry Committee for 'Možura', and Dejan Đurović from the government as the deputy president, which is contrary to the previous practice and the spirit of the rules of procedure, that the proposed candidates are agreed upon in consultations within the opposition and within the majority. It is true that the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Montenegro in Article 79 specifies that the president of the Inquiry Committee is elected from among the opposition, but this has always implied a discussion and agreement between the opposition clubs after which a candidate for president would be jointly delegated, which was avoided this time," the DPS announced.
They add that it is paradoxical that "two like-minded people were appointed as the chairman and deputy chairman of the committee, which renders meaningless the principle of objectivity in managing the work of the Inquiry Committee."
"Although Dritan Abazović initiated the formation of the Inquiry Committee for Možura, the URA MPs' Club was obliged to consult with other opposition representatives on this issue. Given that the consultation was conducted with the parliamentary majority, and not with the opposition, there is room for interpretation that all of this is actually a joint, synchronized action by the URA and the current authorities, with the aim of turning the Parliament into a court of law before the court. In the end, the Democratic Party of Socialists stands by its previously publicly announced position, that we will participate in the work of the Inquiry Committee in question and delegate our two representatives, because we have no problem with opening up topics from the past, but we do have a problem with the gross politicization of the institute of parliamentary investigation, which we will prevent with arguments during the session," the DPS announced.
Bonus video:
