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The Democratic Socialist Party (PDS) of the current president Milo Djukanovic announced on Sunday that the minority government of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic has lost the support of this party due to the vote in favor of the basic agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church.
“The government has lost our support due to abandoning the European agenda. We remain absolutely committed to the political processes that lead to the membership of Montenegro in the European Union”, announced the Democratic Party of Socialists after the presidency session.
The PDS stated that the government had changed its political course and “hastily, irresponsibly and without consultation with the professional public concluded the contract with the Serbian Orthodox Church, which caused incalculable damage to the state interests of Montenegro”.
The party, which counts 30 deputies in the Parliament of Montenegro and whose support made possible the minority government headed by Mr. Abazovic, said that the issue of the agreement is of national importance and cannot be passed without an “answer adequate and clear political”.
Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic reacted, assessing that the position of the majority will be decisive for the future of the government.
“I welcome the decision of the leadership of the PDS. We will see what will be the attitude of the majority of deputies. Montenegro must move forward. Crime, corruption and nationalism are not options. The European future will win,” Abazovic said in a tweet.
The majority of ministers present at the government meeting on Friday voted in favor of the proposed agreement on the basic agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Thirteen ministers voted in favor, five against, while three other ministers did not participate in the government meeting.
Disputes between the state of Montenegro and the Serbian Orthodox Church began in 2006 with the independence of this state. The Serbian Orthodox Church, according to analysts, remains under the influence of the politics of Belgrade and Moscow.
In addition to unresolved property issues, analysts say the Serbian church has repeatedly meddled politically in Montenegrin affairs, including organizing protests ahead of elections that ousted Djukanovic’s ruling allies in 2020.
The President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, rejected the possibility of a close agreement between the government in Podgorica and the Serbian Orthodox Church, thus trying to somewhat reduce the tensions that have once again engulfed the small Balkan state.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dritan Abazovic, said on June 29 that despite the friction in the coalition, his government would sign a “basic agreement” that would improve sensitive relations with the Serbian Orthodox Church.
The minority government headed by Dritan Abazovici was formed on April 28 of this year, after the previous government of Zdravko Krivokapici was overthrown in February of the same year at the initiative of Abazovici, who was the deputy prime minister in that executive.
President Djukanović’s party in the Parliament of Montenegro has 30 deputies and is the main political force that has supported the minority Government without participating in it./Voa
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