Abazovic confirms: We have an agreement on forming a government in Montenegro

The no-confidence motion against the previous Montenegrin government, led by Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic, was voted on February 4th. Speaking at a press conference in Podgorica, Abazovic said he had informed the Montenegrin Parliament of the agreement reached on electing a new government.
He said his cabinet would have the support of 46 deputies out of 81 in the Montenegrin Assembly.

“The idea is to unblock Montenegro, for the state to have functional institutions and stability. Instead of arguing, reconciling and trying to build a European perspective. “We are not against elections, but we are against elections without institutions,” said Abazovic.
He did not give many details about the composition of the cabinet, but said that if he receives support in the Assembly, he will have 20 ministers and four vice-presidents.
Abazovic said he believes the session of the Assembly, at which the new government will be elected, will be held next week.

The new government is expected to consist of Abazovic’s Civic Movement URA, the pro-Serb Socialist People’s Party, the Social Democratic Party and the Albanian and Bosniak national parties.
The government is also expected to have parliamentary support from Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic’s Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).
The latter confirmed on April 19 that the DPS would support the minority government “without any interest or participation in it”.

Speaking about his cabinet’s priorities, Abazovic said the focus will be on: dialogue, justice reforms, review of the previous government’s controversial decisions and the continuation of security services reforms.
“Among the normative priorities are the agreement on holders of judicial office, harmonization of judicial regulations with EU regulations, the Law on the Origin of Property, which is waiting for the green light of the EU, electoral reform, review of the current situation in education and culture “as well as reviewing all decisions for staff in these areas,” said Abazovic.

He added that his priorities will be the Law on Registration, the regulation of relations with religious communities and the review of regional initiatives, in order to join the EU as soon as possible.
Abazovic was nominated as prime minister of Montenegro’s new government on March 3rd by President Milo Djukanovic.
Previously, the motion of no confidence in the previous Government was passed in the Assembly with the votes of the Abazovic URA and the opposition led by Djukanovic’s DPS.

Krivokapic’s government was formed in December 2020 by a coalition between the pro-Serbian and pro-Russian Democratic Front, the Democrats and the URA Civic Movement.
This Government had a narrow majority in the Assembly – of 41 deputies – but turned the DPS into opposition after three decades.
Differences in attitudes between coalition partners began to emerge very soon after its formation and the parties were often not unanimous in decisions.

A few days after the vote of no confidence in the Government was voted, the Speaker of the Montenegrin Assembly, Aleksa Beçiiq, the leader of the Democrats, was also dismissed.
The pro-Serb and pro-Russian Democratic Front and the Democrats oppose the election of the minority government, and the speaker of the Montenegrin Parliament from the Democratic Front, Strahinja Bullajic, resigned on Wednesday because of this. These political groups consider that the election of the new Government and the formation of the new parliamentary majority constitute a violation of the Constitution and the electoral will of the citizens. The Democratic Front and Democrats have previously warned of protests.

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