MANS is implementing the project under the title “Improving of parliamentary monitoring and accountability in Montenegro” supported by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The project refers to monitoring transparency and activities of the Parliament of Montenegro and its MPs. Duration of the project is two years, and this is the second semi-annual report published by MANS, which relates to the period from May 1, 2018 to October 31, 2018.
On the basis of results of the parliamentary elections held on October 16, 2016, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) won 36 seats, Democratic Front (DF) 18, coalition Ključ 9, Democratic Montenegro (DCG) 8, the Bosniak Party (BS) and the Social Democrats (SD) two seats, the Albanian Coalition and the Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI) one each, and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) 4 seats.
The Parliament of Montenegro was formed on November 7, 2016. Out of 81 MPs in Montenegro’s Parliament, 42 elected the president and vice-presidents of the Parliament – Ivan Brajović, Branimir Gvozdenović and Genci Nimanbegu. Thus, the parliamentary majority consists of DPS, SD, and minority parties of Bosniaks, Albanians and Croats, while 39 opposition MPs (DF, Democratic Montenegro, SD, DEMOS, SNP and Civic movement URA) have agreed to boycott the Parliament of Montenegro.
Majority of the Montenegrin opposition ended the boycot of the work of the Parliament which occurred due to parliamentary elections held on October 16, 2016. The opposition claimed they had not been held in a democratic atmosphere. Namely, on the election day it was announced that the attempt of “coup” had taken place, which, in the opinion of opposition parties, influenced the decision of the citizens and the election result. The opposition requested to repeat parliamentary elections as a condition to end the boycott. In the previous report on the activities of the MPs relating to the period from November 15, 2017 to April 30, 2018, work of the Parliament was boycotted by 18 opposition MPs. In this reporting period, this number decreased to 11, and currently the Parliament is being boycotted by MPs of the political parties SNP, Democratic Montenegro and URA.
This report provides information on individual activities of MPs, showing which MPs were most active at the plenary sessions and which did not request to speak at the plenary sessions. The work of MPs Groups, the work of MPs at the plenary sessions of the Parliment, as well as the control function of the Parliament were analyzed.
The most active MP in observed period was Branko Radulovic (PZP), whose activity index is 4.91, while MP Džavid Šabović has an activity index of 0.00 which means that he did not have any activity at the plenum.
In the period from May 1 to October 31, 2018, 10 sessions of the Parliament were held, with a total duration of 196 hours. The most discussions had DPS MPs, 313, while individually, the most discussions had MP Branko Radulović, 35 in total.
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