Đukanović nominated Abazović as prime minister-designate

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović sent a proposal to the Parliament of Montenegro for Dritan Abazović to be the prime minister-designate.

Consultations on the prime minister-designate for the formation of the Government, to which representatives of political parties represented in the Parliament of Montenegro were invited, concluded on Monday, February 28, 2022.

Namely, starting from Friday, February 25, I had talks with the president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Raško Konjević, the president of the Social Democrats of Montenegro (SD) Damir Šehović, representatives of the Civic Movement URA Božena Jelušić and Miloš Konatar, the president of the Bosniak Party (BS) Ervin Ibrahimović, the president of the Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA) Mehmed Zenka, the president of the Democratic Party (DP) Fatmir Đeka, the president of the Albanian Alternative (AA) Nik Đeljošaj, the president of Force Genci Nimanbegu, the president of the Liberal Party (LP) Andrija Popović, vice-presidents of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) Jevto Eraković and Abaz Dizdarević, Secretary General Aleksandar Bogdanović, and the head of its parliamentary group in the Parliament of Montenegro Danijel Živković.

Other parliamentary parties did not express interest in participating in consultations on this topic.

Representatives of GP URA and their political partners unequivocally convinced me that they have a parliamentary majority for the election of the 43rd Government of Montenegro in the Parliament of Montenegro. Therefore, I made the decision to entrust the mandate for forming the Government to Mr. Abazović, president of GP URA.

Convinced that it is in the best interest of Montenegro to have a government with full functionality as soon as possible, especially due to the additional security and political challenges generated by the war in Ukraine and its reflection on the stability of our region, I expect the Parliament of Montenegro to hold a session in a short period and decide on the program and composition of the Government at the proposal of the prime minister-designate.