Not even two days after the set deadline, the joint request from the government and the opposition for an opinion on the constitutional crisis has been sent to the Venice Commission.
The two sides have not yet agreed on what they should ask the Venetians, but they expect to find common ground tonight, and that the request could be sent tomorrow (Tuesday, March 25).
One or more questions to the Venice Commission – the question is now.
"Are the actions of the Constitutional Committee and the conclusion of the Constitutional Committee on the termination of the office of Judge Dragana Đuranović, and the statement of the President of the Parliament in accordance with the Constitution or not, or is it formally unconstitutional?", emphasized lawyer Miloš Vukčević.
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That this opposition question is not the only one that needs to be answered by the Venice Commission, government representatives clearly stated last night in the show Sunday in the Rearview Mirror on Television Vijesti.
"We are currently closest to the option, given that the letter will be sent by the Prime Minister, that the letter contains a proposed question from the opposition and a proposed question, one or more from the government, and that all of these questions, within the same question, with attachments, be submitted to the Venice Commission," said Justice Minister Bojan Božović on the show Nedjelja u retrovizoru.
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Božović, who comes from the Europe Now Movement (PES), and lawyer Vukčević on behalf of the opposition have not yet managed to agree on the final text of the request, and they told Television Vijesti that they hope to shape it tonight and send it to the prime minister, who could sign it and send it to the Venetians tomorrow.
And, when they finally get to it and send a request, they expect an opinion on the constitutional crisis in a month.
"The Venice Commission will of course hear from both the opposition and the government in this regard, and of course, all evidence must be attached to the request, and all documents must be translated," said Vukčević.
The Civic Movement URA, which did not participate in signing the agreement with the Prime Minister that envisaged a joint submission of the request, has no doubt that the parliamentary majority violated the Constitution in the case of Judge Đuranović.
They say that the final word, which will be given by the Venice Commission, should become part of Montenegrin legislation.
"No matter what that opinion is, it needs to receive some kind of confirmation and verification in our institutions and should probably serve as a kind of guide in our institutions on how to proceed in specific cases," said Ana Novaković Đurović from the URA Police Station.
The request, according to the agreement that brought the opposition back to parliament, was supposed to be sent by Saturday.
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