Montenegro: Opposition seeks constitution changes

Montenegro: Opposition seeks constitution changes

“We agreed on a remarkable number of questions regarding the new constitution that are disputable for us, but supported by the parliament majority,” Velizar Kaluđerović, the coordinator for opposition activities on the new constitution, told journalists.

The opposition’s main objections to the draft constitution include the current language on citizenship and the relationship of parliament to the executive powers.

The meeting was attended by the representatives of Movement for Changes, Socialist People’s Party, People’s Party and Serbian List. Another meeting of opposition parties is planned after the platform is prepared, Kaluđerović said.

“This document will go through the verification in each opposition party as we could accept it as a final platform for a dialog with the parliament majority,” Kaluđerović said.

After ten months of discussion on the new constitution, the Constitutional Commission of the Montenegrin Parliament adopted a draft two weeks ago without opposition representatives.

The constitution can be adopted either by the support of a two-thirds majority voting in parliament or by the approval of voters in a national referendum.