Opposition (Montenegro)
In Montenegro, the Opposition (Template:Lang-cg) is all of the political parties represented in Parliament that are not a part of the Government supported by the parliamentary majority.
The Leader of the Opposition (Template:Lang-cg) is the unofficial title held by the leader of the largest party of the opposition.
10th assembly of the Parliament
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| Term length | While leader of the largest political subject not in government |
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Since the constitution the 10th assembly of the Montenegrin Parliament the entire opposition (all 39 MPs out of 81 in total) started a collective boycott of all parliamentary sittings, due to claims of electoral fraud at the October 2016 parliamentary elections.
The largest opposition group, Democratic Front alliance, decides to end the boycott and return to parliament in December 2017, as did newly formed, United Montenegro.[1] The Social Democratic Party and the Demos both decides to end the boycott and return to parliament, after poor results in May 2018 local elections, as did Socialist People's Party. Leaving Democratic Montenegro and United Reform Action, who remaining in a boycott with the same demands.
In the 10th assembly of the Parliament of Montenegro (2016–present), the parties in parliament that include the opposition are:[2]
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9th assembly of the Parliament
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Since the constitution of the 9th assembly of the Montenegrin Parliament, the opposition subjects in the parliament were Democratic Front (DF), Socialist People's Party (SNP) and Positive Montenegro (PCG).[3] The leader of the opposition was Miodrag Lekić, leader of the Democratic Front. After Lekić's abandonment of Democratic Front in March 2015, Andrija Mandić became de facto leader of opposition. On 27 January 2016, despite formerly being an opposition party, Positive Montenegro provided the ruling DPS with 3 votes necessary to win the government confidence vote, after the DPS's coalition partner Social Democratic Party left the government coalition due to allegations of electoral fraud and political corruption, leaving the government functioning as a de facto minority government. The provisional government of electoral trust was elected on May 12, 2016, by the parliament of Montenegro. The provisional governing coalition was formed by ruling DPS and several opposition parties.[4]
In the 9th assembly of the Parliament of Montenegro (2012–2016), the parties in parliament that include the opposition were:
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Leaders of the Opposition (2006–)
| Leader (Birth–Death) |
Opposition subject |
Term of office | Assembly session |
Government Cabinet | |||
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| Nebojša Medojević (1966–) |
style="background:Template:Movement for Changes/meta/color; color:white;" | | PzP | 10 September 2006 | 29 March 2009 | VII | Đukanović (V) | |
| Srđan Milić (1965–) |
style="background:Template:Socialist People's Party of Montenegro/meta/color; color:white;" | | SNP | 29 March 2009 | 14 October 2012 | VIII | Lukšić | |
| Miodrag Lekić (1947–) |
style="background:Template:Democratic Front (Montenegro)/meta/color; color:white;" | | DF | 14 October 2012 | 13 March 2015 | IX | Đukanović (VI) | |
| Andrija Mandić (1965–) |
NSD (DF) |
13 March 2015 | Incumbent | X | Marković | ||
| Aleksa Bečić (1986–) |
DCG | 16 October 2016 | Incumbent | ||||
See also
References
- ^ DF prekida bojkot, u Skupštinu se vraća i UCG, Al Jazeera
- ^ Ovo su rezultati koje je proglasio DIK, Vijesti
- ^ CG: Objavljeni službeni i konačni rezultati izbora, Slobodna Evropa
- ^ "Montenegro Parliament Set to Oust Speaker", Balkan Insight
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