"For the last 20 years, court presidents have enjoyed inappropriate privileges and have been the transmission of executive power"

In the Assembly, the consultative hearing of candidates for the election of four members of the Judicial Council from among distinguished lawyers continued.

The members of the Committee for Political System, Judiciary and Administration were still most interested in how the candidates see the Montenegrin judiciary and the work of the Judicial Council in the coming period, while the candidates, if elected, announce reforms in the judiciary that will contribute to the independence of that branch of government.

For the last 20 years, the presidents of Montenegrin courts have enjoyed inappropriate privileges and have been the transmission of executive power, says Dražen Medojević, a candidate for a member of the Judicial Council.

In front of the members of the Political System Committee, candidate Blagota Mitrić commented on the recent re-election of Ivan Vuković as mayor of Podgorica.

Candidate Gordana Mitrović points out that only independent judges can lead Montenegrin courts forward.

Candidate Mitar Mugoša says that before the possible general re-election of judges, the work of everyone should be examined first, which exists as a legal possibility.

The key mechanisms for changes in the Judicial Council are in the hands of the deputies, warned the candidate for that body, Velija Murić.

Parliament elects four members of the Judicial Council from among distinguished lawyers, and the Committee for the Political System should hear 12 candidates by July 34.

Democratic Montenegro reacted today with a statement in which they state that the dialogue in advance is pointless because, as they claim, the names of the members of the Judicial Council have already been agreed upon.

They are, according to Nebojša Vučinić, Radoje Korać, Dragan Šoć, Dražen Medojević, "and maybe also Aneta Spaić".