During the Prime Minister's Hour on Monday, MPs will ask Prime Minister Milojko Spajić about the payment of compensation to prisoners in the former Morinj camp, the return of property to citizens of Croatian nationality, and economic challenges such as rising fuel prices.
The leader of the Democratic People's Party (DNP), Milan Knežević, will ask whether the Government has made a decision to pay war reparations, as he stated, to "alleged camp inmates" in Morinje in the amount of 17 million euros.
"If so, please provide me with a list of the votes of the members of the Government," Knežević said.
The payment of compensation to the prisoners from Morinje is one of the contentious issues being negotiated by working groups of the ministries of foreign affairs of Montenegro and Croatia, and in the middle of last year it was announced that the negotiations were in an advanced stage.
However, the issue has not been resolved so far. Bilateral talks (consultations) between ministries on resolving open issues (including Morinj) began at the end of January 2025, after Zagreb blocked Podgorica from closing Chapter 31 (foreign, security and defense policy) in negotiations with the EU at the end of 2024.
Croatia, meanwhile, has made new demands on Montenegro and in early October last year sent a diplomatic note to Podgorica demanding that the property of Croats in Boka Bay that was "stolen" from them, "through various machinations and strange entries in cadastral and other plans", be returned to them during the aggression against Croatia in the early 1990s.
The leader of the Croatian Civic Initiative, Adrijan Vuksanović, will ask Spajić about this.
"What will the government do regarding the return of property to Montenegrin citizens of Croatian ethnicity?" Vuksanović asked.
The President of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) Parliamentary Group, Andrija Nikolić, will ask the Prime Minister whether he will resign if Montenegro does not close all negotiation chapters with the European Union by the end of 2026.
"After you have created an institutional and political crisis by trading in political influence when passing Stalinist laws - the Law on Internal Affairs and the Law on the National Security Agency, further eroded citizens' trust in institutions, and definitively lost the legitimacy to lead the Government, do you have the minimum responsibility to clearly state - will you resign if, due to your failure, Montenegro does not close all negotiation chapters with the EU by the end of 2026, as you have announced to us?" Nikolić stated.
The head of the Democratic Parliamentary Group, Boris Bogdanović, will raise the issue of transition, asking the Government to announce who were the biggest winners and losers of the privatization and economic reform process, as well as whether there is an official analysis of the distribution of economic benefits and consequences of that period.
"Does the Government have or will it produce an official analysis that would, based on measurable economic and social indicators, show who acquired enormous assets and economic influence during the transition, and who was left without a job, security and prospects?", Bogdanović will ask.
The head of the PES Parliamentary Group, Vasilije Čarapić, will ask what the effects of the measures taken by the Government to mitigate the rise in fuel prices are and whether additional measures are planned, as well as what the prices of petroleum products are in Montenegro compared to the region.
Social Democrat MP Boris Mugoša will seek an explanation as to why last year's growth in the Montenegrin economy was the lowest in the last 11 years, and whether growth rates of around three percent per year guarantee long-term sustainability and stability of the economic and financial system and improvement of citizens' standards.
Miloš Konatar (Civil Movement URA) will ask why the Government does not support an increase in pensions for all pensioners by 40 euros, as well as an increase in minimum pensions from 450 to 490 euros.
Slađana Kaluđerović from the Socialist People's Party (SNP) will ask when a public warning system for citizens in crisis situations will be established, including a mechanism for missing children, such as Amber Alert.
The head of the Albanian Forum Parliamentary Group, Artana Čobi, is interested in the current stage of the project to open the Ckla–Zogaj border crossing with Albania, while Mirsad Nurković from the Bosniak Party will ask about the dynamics of the implementation of the Rožaje–Peć tunnel project.
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