Montenegrin parties announce new majority to form government

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Montenegrin events that fashioned an alliance to win parliamentary elections in 2020 agreed on Friday to type a brand new authorities, following final month’s no-confidence vote within the cupboard of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic.

The brand new majority of 41 deputies within the 81-seat parliament will comprise pro-Serb and pro-Western events that in 2020 ousted a coalition led by the Democratic Social gathering of Socialists of long-serving President Milo Djukanovic.

“This can be a good alternative to tell the president … and the worldwide group that there’s a parliamentary majority,” Andrija Mandic of the Democratic Entrance alliance, which desires nearer ties with Serbia, informed reporters in Podgorica.

Montenegro is a NATO member and a candidate to affix the European Union.

At a convention in Belgrade, Abazovic, who can also be the pinnacle of the URA pro-European get together, mentioned he would be part of the opposition if the parliamentary majority chooses one other prime minister-designate.

“If there’s an settlement for me to be the prime minister, so be it, if not … I’ll pursue my insurance policies from the opposition,” he mentioned.

The Aug. 20 no-confidence vote in Abazovic’s cupboard was the yr’s second no-confidence movement, following February’s collapse of the cupboard of Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic, who was backed by the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Politics within the Adriatic nation of simply 625,000 folks has lengthy been marked by deep divisions between those that establish as Montenegrins and Serbs who opposed Montenegro’s independence from a former state union with Serbia.

Abazovic was additionally criticised over his dealing with of a contested deal regulating ties with the Serbian Orthodox Church, the most important church in Montenegro. [nL1N2ZF1OS ]

(Reporting by Aleksandar Vasovic; Enhancing by Nick Macfie)