Montenegro's president argues change in terms for constitutional court judges should be done through constitution

President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović has returned to the Parliament of Montenegro for reconsideration the Law on Amendments to the Law on the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, which the Parliament adopted on May 8, his office announced. As they explain, the provision of Article 3 of the adopted Law prescribes, among other things, the possibility for a judge of the Constitutional Court, whose office has ceased due to fulfilling the conditions for old-age pension or expiration of the mandate, to continue to perform his office until the election of a new judge. [ . . . ] "Considering comparative solutions in EU countries that share a similar legal tradition as Montenegro (Republic of Croatia, Republic of Slovenia), it can be concluded that prescribing such a solution is possible only in the constitution, and not outside the rules established by the constitution."
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