The agreement in the field of tourism and real estate development between Montenegro and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be voted on again in the Parliament, but most likely not in the next ten days, as unofficially reported to Television Vijesti.
The parties' positions on the Agreement with the UAE, which many consider controversial, are more or less the same, so it is expected that MPs will give it the green light for a second time.
With 46 votes in favor, ten against and four abstentions, the Agreement passed the Assembly for the first time.
The Civic Movement URA, Social Democrats (SD) MP Boris Mugoša, as well as MPs from minority parties, except for the Bosniak Party, were against it.
MPs from the opposition Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) did not attend the vote. Some interpreted their withdrawal from the parliamentary benches as an attempt to avoid taking responsibility and cover up tacit support for agreements with the UAE, which the DPS rejects.
However, they emphasize that they will not vote this time either.
"Currently, the bigger problem is that DPS did not attend the vote than the agreement itself was adopted. In any case, our position is very clear, that's what it is for, we do not want to attend and as I said, our position will be the same as it was last time," said Mihailo Anđušić, a DPS MP.
Although Andjušić emphasizes that the DPS's position is unified, the party's MP Nikola Janović said yesterday that he would vote against the Agreement.
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President Jakov Milatović did not sign the Law on Ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism and Real Estate Development between the Government of Montenegro and the Government of the United Arab Emirates and on April 29 returned it to the Parliament for reconsideration.
In the meantime, an opinion from the European Commission has arrived, showing that the document is not formally in conflict with European Union law, but that its implementation could lead to serious legal problems.
Activists continue to warn about the risks the document poses.
"This agreement is a mistake, that we don't know what is coming, that they are trying to reach a decision too quickly. The public conversation did not take place within the framework of a public debate, but we were brought before a fait accompli as the Montenegrin public," said Sonja Dragović, an urban planning researcher at the University Institute in Lisbon and a member of the non-governmental organization KANA / who if not an architect.
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The statement by Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos that the agreement is not, at first glance, contrary to European Union (EU) law is an additional reason for Prime Minister Milojko Spajić to expect greater support in parliament.
It is unknown whether they will get it from the Democratic People's Party (DNP) or whether they will abstain like last time because they did not want to appear in front of the cameras of Television Vijesti.
On the other hand, the position of the Albanian Alliance remains unchanged.
"We from the Albanian Alliance certainly know that we will not vote, meaning that we remain consistent in our position and in the previous vote. A few more days need to pass before we see that people understand the seriousness of the situation we are in, that we have voted for an agreement that is unenforceable and for whose implementation the European Commission has serious reservations," said Ilir Čapuni, an MP from the Albanian Alliance.
While the Prime Minister says he is overjoyed with Kos' response, the opposition believes that the European Commission's opinion contains clear warnings that they have also pointed out.
"This opinion that we received from Ms. Kos is complementary to everything that we as the opposition have said and criticized regarding that agreement," said Adrijan Vuksanović, a member of parliament from the Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI).
"I think our European partners have noticed all the shortcomings that our domestic partners have also noticed," said Andjušić.
And how the ruling Democrats and the Socialist People's Party (SNP) view Marta Kos' letter and whether they will vote for the Agreement again, Television Vijesti did not find out because the MPs of those two parties did not want to discuss this topic today.
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