Montenegro MPs seek to sanction president for church protests

By Samir Kajosevic, 24 September 2021
President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic (photo credit: NATO, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic (photo credit: NATO, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
MPs from the ruling majority voted on [22 September] to push forward an initiative to demand that the Constitutional Court rule on whether President Milo Djukanovic violated his constitutional responsibilities by backing protests earlier this month against the inauguration of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan Joanikije. [...] The parliamentary constitutional council also alleged that Djukanovic violated constitutional articles that prohibit the incitement of hatred and discrimination. The initiative is a first step that could eventually lead to a parliamentary no-confidence vote in President Djukanovic. First however the Constitutional Court must rule on whether he violated the constitution or not.
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