Representatives of the Bosniak Party are at a meeting with the representative Milojko Spajić announced on Tuesday that they cannot be part of the new government, if the coalition for the future of Montenegro (ZBCG) is in it, "Vijesti" learned.
Several "Vijesti" sources said that BS is strict that it will not cooperate with ZBCG. "Vijesti" sent questions to BS.
Spajić intends to form a cabinet that has the support of 49 deputies, in order to have the necessary majority to implement reforms in the area of the rule of law and appointments in the judiciary, which is the recommendation of international partners.
For now, he has the sure support of the Democrats, which with the MPs from the PES list has 31 votes. Earlier he declared that he would not negotiate with the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and GP URA.
If he forms a government with BS, Albanian parties and the Socialist People's Party (SNP), without the ZBCG coalition, he will have the support of 43 MPs, which is not a "reform majority".
Spajić can achieve the target majority of 49 MPs only with the support of ZBCG, which has 13 MPs since it distanced itself from DPS in advance.
According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", the ZBCG told Spajić that they would no longer be satisfied with "depth" positions, but that they wanted four portfolios in the new government (transportation, energy, agriculture and education).
If an agreement is reached with ZBCG, Spajić is allegedly planning to oblige that alliance with a coalition agreement not to pursue controversial issues for international partners, such as the review of Montenegro's membership in NATO, the withdrawal of recognition of Kosovo, and the like. This would appease international partners, whose support is important to him due to future financial arrangements (borrowing) in order to ensure the financial stability of the state.
Spajić would sign a special agreement with Democrats and minority parties who want to join the government, in order to avoid the problem of minority parties being called for direct cooperation with ZBCG.
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One of the leaders of ZBCG Milan Knezevic he said that no one can put pressure on ZBCG "neither Russia, nor Serbia, nor the USA, nor the EU" and that they want to negotiate with everyone.
"Nowhere has it been recorded as in Montenegro that certain embassies, including the German one, have such a range of activities that go in the direction of forming a new government. What could be attempted as some kind of external influence or intervention cannot happen anywhere except in Montenegro and North Macedonia," said Knežević in the Klub A show on ATV.
He said that they had previously expressed their willingness to put a moratorium on controversial issues, that the issue of Montenegro's independence was over and that they would not return the country to any federal framework, that certain international obligations would be respected, that they would not reconsider Montenegro's membership in NATO. to respect that geopolitical fact even though they were in favor of military neutrality.
Knežević stated that the representative did not mention those pressures at the formal meeting on Tuesday.
One "Vijesti" source said that Spajić should meet with the ambassadors of the "quintet" by the end of the week, which will depend on his decision on the composition of the government.
On Tuesday, he held two meetings, the first with the parties that supported him to be a candidate, and the second with ZBCG.
Spajić told the journalists after the meeting that there was no discussion about the division of departments, but that there were different opinions about the possible participation of ZBCG in the government.
Executive Director of the Center for Civic Education Daliborka Uljarević she said that she believes that Spajić is fully aware that without the ZBCG coalition, and bearing in mind that he has already ruled out cooperation with the DPS, he will have an unstable government.
"At the same time, he would have to be aware that the government with ZBCG would have a built-in structural problem that would distance it from Western partners, and at the same time it would be destroyed from within by ZBCG," Uljarević told the Mina agency.
Spajić has a deadline of 90 days to form the government from receiving the mandate from the president of the country, which means that the new cabinet must be formed at the beginning of November at the latest.
Assembly: It is not yet known when the session will resume
The continuation of the constitutive session of the Assembly, which began on July 27, has not yet been scheduled, the PR service of the Parliament told the News.
"The constituent session can be continued at any agreed time," said the Assembly, answering the question of whether there is a legal deadline for holding the session.
At the constitutive session, the mandates of the new deputies were confirmed, but the President of the Assembly was not elected because no proposal was submitted.
According to unofficial information, that seat will go to the Democrats, that is, to their leader Aleksa Bečić.
Ivanovic: PES conducts negotiations independently and on principle
Filip Ivanović, MP and member of the PES Presidency, said yesterday that full commitment to the European agenda, along with credible membership in NATO, is the key foreign policy priority of his party and any government the Movement leads.
"Standing for European values, on the other hand, also implies establishing the rule of law, eradicating corruption and ending all bad practices that have been burdening our society and collapsing Montenegrin institutions for decades," Ivanović said in a statement.
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He said that, fully understanding the interest of the domestic public in the process of government formation and respecting the well-intentioned statements of representatives of allied and partner countries, PES conducts negotiations independently and on principle, based on a clear program and respecting the aforementioned foreign and domestic political priorities.
"Therefore, we believe that there is no doubt that Montenegro will eventually get a stable and competent government, which will provide all citizens with a better life and additionally build the international image of our country," he said.
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