Today, MPs unanimously adopted the Resolution on the integration of Montenegro into the European Union.
A total of 53 MPs voted and all voted in favor.
Amendments to the Law on Foreigners, amendments to the Law on Insurance, amendments to the Law on Social and Child Protection, amendments to the Law on Social Housing, and amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and Employees were also unanimously adopted.
Artan Çobi (Albanian Forum) said that for years there has been talk about the European perspective, and now there is talk about the European reality.
He said that the IBAR obtained is an international seal that Montenegro is no longer a problem, but a leader in the Balkans.
Boris Mugoša (SD) said that he was quite pleased with one item in the Resolution which states "starting from the Declaration of Independence of Montenegro adopted on June 3, 2006."
"Today we are finally putting an end to the story of the referendum, because the Declaration of Independence says 'on the basis of the freely expressed will of the citizens in a referendum', which means that today we are all voting that the referendum was not stolen, but that it was the freely expressed will of the citizens," said Mugoša.
He added that it was good that his colleagues understood that the referendum was based on the freely expressed will of the citizens.
"I hope you will not allow the government to humiliate us any more. We are giving 21,5 million to the Public Service Broadcasting, which announced the other day that Montenegro decided on 'separation' from Serbia in a referendum in 2006," Mugoša said.
Amer Smailović (BS) said that the Bosniak people support Montenegro's European path and NATO membership as a guarantee of stability, peace and a better future for all citizens.
He called on all MPs to focus all their energy on this key goal and to leave differences aside and finish what they started.
Vladislav Bojović (DNP) reminded that about two-thirds of Montenegrin citizens are in the EU, but there is "no majority" for NATO membership.
He called for consensus on the issues highlighted by the DNP (the status of the Serbian language, the historical tricolor flag, dual citizenship, and clear and more serious results in the fight against organized crime) because "we need to enter the EU as a reconciled society."
Momčilo Leković (Democrats) said that Montenegro began closing chapters in negotiations with the EU when the fight against organized crime began two years ago.
"This struggle is still ongoing and is entering its final phase, and that is why the resistance to this struggle is the strongest now," he said, adding that a few days ago, a man "who ruled Montenegro from the shadows" was arrested, alluding to Aco Đukanović.
"A man who was both the supreme judge and the supreme prosecutor, and the director of the Ministry of Interior and the National Security Agency, who was also the first banker and the first investor. A man who was also the head of the State Election Commission. I hear there is talk of a Committee for Comprehensive Electoral Reform... What use is that Committee to us if the electoral processes in Montenegro are being dominated by Aco Đukanović and Aco Mijailović?" he asked.
Miloš Konatar (GP URA) said that declaratively everyone is in favor of Montenegro's European future, but being part of Europe means showing it in action.
"The way we show it in the Montenegrin parliament is not the way it is done in European parliaments. But the essential problem is what we are going to do and how we are going to build Montenegro...what we are going to do when we become a member of the EU," he said.
He added that it is therefore important not to "skip the lessons" because this will come at a cost when Montenegro enters the EU.
"Let's not be some kind of EU scum, let's not have newspapers in Paris or Berlin write that the Thermal Power Plant was put into operation without any permits and that 20 thousand people are being poisoned by it, or that there is one member state where half of the ministers and I don't know how many MPs cannot show their diploma, where they studied and how they studied...", stated Konatar.
Jovan Vučurović (New Serbian Democracy) said that on the path to EU integration, the majority had great help from the opposition, but that some elements did not have to be included in the Resolution.
"Something that could divide us could have been avoided, but what is there is there," he said.
He said that joining the EU means equal rights for everyone, including the "Serbian linguistic community", taking into account the results of the population census.
Andrija Nikolić (DPS) said that this Resolution, proposed by Ivan Vuković, calls on the European Commission to urgently inform the Parliament whether the laws on internal affairs and the National Security Agency (ANB), as well as the amendments that were subsequently submitted, are fully in line with the EC.
"Today, as opposition parliamentary groups, we will send a letter to the EU Delegation and the future of the Electoral Reform Committee will depend on the response we expect," he said, adding that the ruling majority is abusing the EU integration process because "things are very often faked," especially when there is no communication with the opposition.
He pointed out that when he turned off the microphone of Justice Minister Bojan Božović last week, it was not a reaction against the minister personally, "nor did he deserve it," but a fight for the right for parliament to function according to the rules.
"And it will be like this every time you try to deceive us," Nikolić said.
Jovan Subotić (PES) said that Montenegro's journey to the EU is long and arduous, but at the end of the journey there is a valuable prize worth fighting for - and that is the greatest thing this parliament can give to its citizens.
"This award belongs to everyone and to those who will come... The political differences between us will not disappear with joining the EU, we will deal with other problems and issues in a different framework," he said, adding that this resolution shows that they will be ready to be part of one organism and that it marks the end of a painful transition that has lasted for decades.
Vuković said that he hopes that the proposed resolution will be adopted unanimously and that in this way a strong message of commitment will be sent "to our generation making Montenegro the first future member of the EU."
The resolution on Montenegro's integration into the European Union was proposed by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the Committee for European Integration, and was explained by DPS MP Ivan Vuković.
According to the resolution, the parliament has one of the key roles in the integration process and should fully contribute to “coordinated institutional action with the Government and the President of Montenegro, in the interest of completing accession negotiations with the EU by the end of 2026”. The parliament, according to the text, should also contribute to improving cooperation with representatives of civil society organizations and the media community, with the aim of strengthening social consensus regarding the European integration process...
The Parliament began a debate on the resolution on Montenegro's integration into the European Union today in Cetinje.
The agenda was previously adopted and, although there was no debate, the discussion on amendments to the Law on Foreigners, amendments to the Law on Insurance, amendments to the Law on Social and Child Protection, amendments to the Law on Social Housing and amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and Employees was completed.
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Mirsad Nurković said that the agreement was that there would be no discussion on these points because they were technical amendments.
Before setting the agenda, Boris Mugoša (Social Democrats) warned that the Rules of Procedure had been violated, because according to the Rules of Procedure, none of the vice presidents can propose the agenda for a session convened by Parliament Speaker Andrija Mandić.
"The fact that the Speaker of the Parliament avoids presiding over the Parliament in Cetinje is his problem," Mugoša said.
At the beginning of the session, the deputies noted the resignation of Miloš Giljen from the position of deputy member of the State Election Commission.
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