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Third Semi-Annual Report on Activities of the Parliament of Montenegro in 26Th Convocation, for the Period November 1, 2018 – April 31, 2019 THIRD SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO NOVEMBER 2018 – APRIL 2019 Third semi-annual report on activities of the Parliament of Montenegro in 26th Convocation, for the period November 1, 2018 – April 31, 2019 Authors: Mirjana Batizić, Parliamentary Programme Assistant Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector – MANS www.mans.co.me [email protected] Dalmatinska 188 St. Podgorica, +382 20 266 326; 266 327 Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector – MANS Monitoring programme 2 Third semi-annual report on activities of the Parliament of Montenegro in 26th Convocation, for the period November 1, 2018 – April 31, 2019 CONTENT I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 4 II ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................. 5 III METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................... 6 IV ACTIVITIES OF THE MPs AND THE PARLIAMENT......................................................................................... 8 1. ACTIVITIES OF THE MPs AND THE MPs GROUPS ..................................................................................... 8 1.1. MPs ................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 1.2. MPs GROUPS ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 1.3. ACTIVITIES OF FEMALE MPs .......................................................................................................................................... 13 1.4. ACTIVITIES OF YOUNG MPs ........................................................................................................................................... 14 2. SITTINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT ............................................................................................................ 15 2.1. OVERVIEW OF SITTINGS ................................................................................................................................................ 15 2.2. AGENDA ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 2.3. DURATION OF SITTINGS ................................................................................................................................................ 18 3. CONTROL FUNCTION OF THE PARLIAMENT .......................................................................................... 20 3.1. USE OF CONTROL MECHANISMS .................................................................................................................................. 20 3.2. CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................................................... 21 V COMMITTEE ON FURTHER REFORM OF ELECTORAL AND OTHER LEGISLATION .......................................... 23 ANNEXES ........................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector – MANS Monitoring programme 3 Third semi-annual report on activities of the Parliament of Montenegro in 26th Convocation, for the period November 1, 2018 – April 31, 2019 I INTRODUCTION 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 third semi-annual report published by MANS, which relates to the period from November 1, 2018, to April 30, 2019. 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, while the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won 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, according to the 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 first report on the activities of the MPs relating to the period from November 15, 2017 to April 30, 2018, the 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 the MPs of SNP, Democratic Montenegro and URA. MPs of DF and other opposition parties were selectively present at the sittings of the Parliament in this period due to arrest of MP Nebojša Medojević and order for arrest of Milan Knežević because they had not been previously deprived of their parliamentary immunity. The court sentenced them to prison for avoiding to testify about publicly filed allegations in cases initiated by the Special State Prosecuror’s Office on that occasion. DF and the rest of the opposition selectively continued to work after the Constitutional Court temporarily suspended court decisions on the arrest of DF MPs, but continued the boycott demanding the forming of technical government. This report provides information on individual activities of MPs, showing MPs who were most active at the plenary sessions and who 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 the observed period was Raško Konjević (SDP), whose activity index was 4.70, while MPs Nedžad Drešević and Džavid Šabović had an activity index of 0.00, which means that they had no activity at the plenum. In the period from November 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019, 11 sittings of the Parliament were held, together with one sitting that began at the end of October 2018, and total duration was 166 hours. MPs Group of DPS had most discussions, 469, while individually, Raško Konjević had most discussions, 34. Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector – MANS Monitoring programme 4 Third semi-annual report on activities of the Parliament of Montenegro in 26th Convocation, for the period November 1, 2018 – April 31, 2019 II ABSTRACT In the past six months, the Parliament worked less intensely due to selective boycott of the Parliament by the opposition parties. MPs of part of the opposition, 11 of them, continue to boycott the work of the Parliament. From November 1, 2018, to April 30, 2019, 11 sittings were held to discuss 99 laws and other acts. In the six-month period, MPs spent less than 20 working days at the plenum or a total of 166 hours, with the longest work in November - eight working days, and the shortest in February - only seven hours. Only 23 MPs actively participated in the work of the plenum, and as much as 30% of the MPs who participated in the work of the Parliament were very rarely active and belong to inactive group of MPs when it comes to work at the plenary sessions. Out of the first five most active MPs, two are from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Raško Konjević and Ranko Krivokapić. From the Special MPs Group, among most active MPs was Aleksandar Damjanović, while Andrija Popović was most active from Social Democrats and Liberal Party MPs Group (SD and LP). Genci Nimanbegu, MP from the MPs Group consisting of Bosniak Party, Coalition “Albanians Decisively” and Croatian Civic Initiative (BS, Coalition “Albanians Decisively” and HGI), is at the fifth place according to activity. Among MPs Groups, the most active were members of SD and LP MPs Group, followed by SDP MPs Group and the Special MPs Group, who share the second place according to activity, in the third place is DPS, and MPs Group of minority parties in the fourth place. DF MPs Group is next, while SNP-DEMOS MPs Group is in the last place. The Parliament does not perform the control role actively, and in a few cases when the control mechanisms are used, concrete obligations of the executive authorities are most often not precisely specified, and there is no system for monitoring their implementation. In the past half year, the Parliament’s committees
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