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Montenegro Ruling Blocs Appeal to Court Against President’s Election Call
Montenegrin parliament session in Podgorica. Photo: Parliament of Montenegro
In their appeal to the Constitutional Court, the ruling majority of 41 MPs in the 81-seat parliament claimed that Djukanovic had violated the constitution.
Montenegro's Ruling Party Wins Local Elections
The ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, party won most votes in ten out of 12 municipalities on Sunday, but will only be able to form an administration on its own in five of them.
The preliminary results show that the DPS, run by the country's veteran leader Milo Djukanovic, secured an absolute majority in the capital Podgorica for the first time since the early 2000s.
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Impoverished Opposition Bastion Poses Test for Montenegro Leader
Local elections on May 20 in the tiny northern town of Pluzine, which just over 2,500 voters, are being seen as an important trial of strength both for the opposition and ruling parties in Montenegro.
Pluzine is the only town in Montenegro where the country's ruler for several decades, Milo Djukanovic, and his party, have never won either a general or local election.
Montenegro Seeks Arrests of 'Coup Plot' Opposition Leaders
The civic movement URA on called for an urgent meeting of all opposition parties after a parliamentary committee approved a request to lift the immunity of two opposition leaders suspected of being involved in the alleged coup attempt on election day in October.
Montenegro Opposition Coalition Takes on Djukanovic
Three main opposition groups in Montenegro say they will join forces to fight in the general election scheduled for October 16.
The "democratic coalition" unites three parties and groups considered civic and moderate in their orientation - the Civic Movement URA, DEMOS and the Socialist People's Party, SNP.
Djukanovic to Reshuffle Cabinet in Montenegro
Montenegrin lawmakers on Wednesday will meet to approve a new cabinet after the ruling and opposition parties agreed on forming a transitional government to organize parliamentary elections by the end of this year.
It is expected that MPs at the same session will adopt a special law to legally define the implementation of the agreement and how state resources can be used.
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Montenegro Opposition Parties Accused of Betrayal
Montenegro's main opposition alliance, composed mostly of pro-Serbian parties, said it will launch round-the-clock protests against the new interim government, which is going to be formed next week by the ruling coalition under Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and four opposition parties - DEMOS, civic movement URA, Socialdemocratic party and Socialist People's Party.
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Montenegro Ruling Party Wins Local Poll
Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, scored its latest local government poll win on Sunday in Herceg Novi, a town on the Montenegrin-Croatian border.
Although no party won an absolute majority in Sunday's poll, it was clear that the united opposition list had lost its majority for the first time in 14 years.
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Montenegrin Capital Facing New Elections
After almost two months negotiations on a new authority for the city between the two national ruling parties the Party of Democratic Socialists, DPS, and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, collapsed on Wednesday, the capital could face new elections.
SDP leader Ranko Krivokapic, who is also the speaker of parliament, said new elections are "the most realistic option at this point".
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Montenegro’s Capital Stuck in Political Limbo
Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said on Sunday that his ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, could sign an agreement on forming an administration in Podgorica by the end of July, ending the deadlock which has left the capital in limbo since the mayor and city management’s mandate expired in mid-June.
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