Montenegro Set Finally to Elect Supreme Prosecutor

After an 18-month delay and four failed votes in parliament, Montenegrin MPs looked set on Tuesday to finally elect a new Supreme State Prosecutor.

Supreme Court Judge Ivica Stankovic was tipped to take over as head of the state prosecution office, tasked with cracking down on organized crime and corruption - on which the European Union wishes to see much more progress.

Stankovic was expected to win the support of MPs of the the governing coalition of Milo Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS and the Social Democrats, SDP.

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