The opposition's initiative to question Dukaj, Jokić and Batuta regarding the situation in Kotor was not adopted.

The Committee for the Political System, Judiciary and Administration did not accept the opposition's initiative to make a decision to hold a control hearing on the topic "Respect for the rule of law based on the example of the actions of the Kotor Municipal Assembly".

The initiative envisaged a control hearing of the Minister of Public Administration Maraš Dukaj (Albanian Forum), the leader of Kotor Vladimir Jokić (Democrats), and the head of the Kotor parliament Vojin Batuta (Grbaljska Lista).

The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) MPs Andrija Nikolić, Ivan Vuković and Sonja Popović were in favor of accepting the initiative, no one was against, and the government representatives - Nikola Rovčanin (Democrats), Vasilje Čarapić (Europe Now Movement), Darko Dragović (Europe Now Movement), Dražen Petrić (Europe Now Movement), Vaso Obradović (New Serbian Democracy) and Jasmin Ćorović (Bosniak Party), as well as the "newly minted" oppositionist Vladislav Bojović (Democratic People's Party) abstained.

The Ministry of Public Administration, headed by Dukaj, announced about 15 days ago that the Kotor parliament should shorten its mandate because it did not elect a mayor within the legal deadline, while the local government led by the city's first man, Jokić, says that the Municipal Assembly (MA) has already declared itself on shortening the mandate at the proposal of the opposition (rejecting the initiative), and announces that it will defend its decisions in court.

The MPA warned that anyone who does not want to implement the law will face legal liability.

However, even if the Assembly shortens its mandate, there is no one to call the elections. According to the amendments to the Law on the Election of Councilors and Representatives, the State Election Commission should be transformed into the Central Election Commission (CEC), whose members have not yet been elected by the Assembly. The amendments to the aforementioned regulation stipulate that the CEC should call local elections instead of the President of the State, as has been the case so far.

The Kotor opposition claims that Jokić does not have the legitimacy to govern the municipality because the current convocation of the local parliament, constituted in December last year, did not elect the first man of the city within the legal deadline (30 days). The old convocation did this almost a year ago, due to the blockade of local self-government that followed the unfinished election process. After resolving constitutional complaints and announcing the results of the local elections held in the fall of 2024, the new convocation of the Kotor parliament was constituted on December 23 last year.

That is why the DPS, with the support of part of the local opposition, launched an initiative to shorten the mandate of the Municipal Assembly (which, according to the Law on Local Self-Government, follows if the mayor is not elected within 30 days of its constitution), but it was rejected five days ago - 12 councilors voted "for" and 19 "against".

The Ministry of Public Administration, in its administrative supervision report on the implementation of Article 56 of the Law on Local Self-Government, indicated that the Kotor Assembly was obliged to elect the mayor no later than 30. According to the aforementioned article, if this does not happen within the stipulated period, the local parliament, at the proposal of the Government or a third of the councilors, shall make a decision to shorten its mandate.

On the other hand, Article 55 of the same law stipulates that the mayor is elected for a four-year term.