Candidates for Constitutional Court judges could receive support from almost all parliamentary groups

The day before the vote on the election of three judges to the Constitutional Court, it is still uncertain whether they will receive the required majority in the second round.

Unofficial information, however, indicates that almost all parliamentary groups could support their election, despite earlier reservations from the government and the opposition.

It seems that a "higher interest" now prevails — the need to complete the Constitutional Court as soon as possible, in order to meet Brussels' demands in the final stages of European integration.

If after the first round of voting, on October 14, the situation regarding the possible election of the missing constitutional judges seemed quite hopeless, now it seems that things are moving in the direction of their election.

According to unofficial information from almost all parliamentary groups, all three candidates for constitutional judges could receive their support tomorrow. As the majority groups told Television Vijesti, they will put aside their reservations about individual candidates and their proposers this time due to a higher interest, namely completing the Constitutional Court.

If so, it will be a surprise, since both the government and the opposition have previously expressed serious reservations about individual candidates and refused to secure two-thirds support of 54 votes in the first round.

At that time, candidates Mirjana Radović and Jovan Jovanović received 44 and 45 votes, respectively, while Mirjana Vučinić, who was proposed by President Jakov Milatović, was supported by only 16 MPs.

It is now expected that their election will be supported by almost all majority parties, except the Bosniak Party, as well as the Europe Now Movement (PES), as well as the opposition Civic Movement URA, whose MPs did not vote in the first round.

This requires three-fifths support from 49 MPs...

And what has changed from the first round to today, which could potentially have influenced the change in the parties' current positions in relation to the proposed candidates?

First, President Milatović consulted with all parliamentary groups in order to convince them to support his candidate, and then the European Commission pointed out the necessity of completing the Constitutional Court in its latest report for Montenegro, stating that this is of crucial importance in the final stages of European integration, so that Montenegro can become a member of the EU in 2028.