At the meeting of the President of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, Snežana Armenko, with representatives of the Venice Commission (VC) - Filip Dimitrov, Eirik Holmoivik, Simona Granat-Mengini and Kagani Guliev, the practice of the Constitutional Court regarding informing competent proposers about meeting the conditions for old-age pension and termination of office due to the expiration of the mandate was discussed.
The Constitutional Court announced that Armenko met with representatives of the Supreme Court yesterday.
"The meeting, which was attended by the Head of the Council of Europe Programme Office in Podgorica, Lejla Dervišagić, judges Budimir Šćepanović and Faruk Resulbegović, and the Secretary General of the Constitutional Court, Biljana Damjanović, discussed, among other things, the practice of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro in informing competent proposers about meeting the conditions for old-age pension and termination of office due to the expiration of the mandate," reads a statement from the Constitutional Court published on the institution's website.
Armenko pointed out that the maturity of democratic culture requires institutional constraints, good faith and mutual respect among holders of all branches of government, including the Constitutional Court.
The statement says that Granate-Mengini and Armenko agreed on the necessity of interpreting the Constitution and laws in good faith, because, as stated in the statement, only such an approach preserves the principle of the rule of law.
"The judges of the Constitutional Court and President Armenko welcomed the constructive and comprehensive advisory opinions and recommendations of the Venice Commission based on comparative analyses, which are guided by the principles and values inherited by the Constitutional Court and which guide its work," the statement said.
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