CGO: One Honorary Citizenship Awarded in a Month, New Government to End Economic Citizenship Program

"The subsequent prudence and prudence of the Government of Montenegro, when awarding 'honorary' citizenships, is the result of joint pressure from the CGE, Montenegrin media that understood the harmfulness of previous decisions in this area, as well as other actors of the domestic and international interested public"

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Only one honorary citizenship was awarded in the period from February 15 to March 18, 2022, the Center for Civic Education (CGO) announced.

The CGE received the documentation on the granted "honorary" citizenships for that period from the Ministry of the Interior.

"And this 'honorary' citizenship, like all the previous ones in the mandate of this Government, was given at the proposal of Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić, with the sports interest of the state being cited as the reason for admission to citizenship. The subsequent prudence and caution of the Government of Montenegro, when awarding 'honorary' citizenships, is the result of joint pressures of the CGE, the Montenegrin media, which understood the harmfulness of previous decisions in this area, as well as other actors of the domestic and international interested public," the CCE press release states.

They add that they expect a more restrictive application of this legal possibility, but also that the new government will abolish the Economic Citizenship Program as a matter of priority.

"This would stop the artificial influx of citizens who can be controversial, and put the public interest in focus when it comes to this issue," the announcement concludes.

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