Montenegro police officers near the parliament building. File photoBELGRADE, Aug 20The deputies of the Assembly (parliament) of Montenegro by a majority of votes on Saturday night voted for no confidence in the government of the republic, headed by Dritan Abazovich, the broadcast was conducted on the website of the legislative assembly. «50 deputies voted for no confidence in the 43rd government of Montenegro, one abstained. The meeting is over,» the presidium announced the results. The vote was initiated by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of President Milo Djukanovic, who was previously in power, and its partner parties. According to one of the deputies, the discussion of the issue was supported by 68 out of 81 parliamentarians, the reason for this was the fact that the Cabinet of Ministers of Abazovich did not fulfill its obligations to approach EU membership in 100 days. In response, the prime minister said that the real reasons for discussing the issue of confidence are the signing The fundamental agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), which Djukanovic opposed, and the fight against crime and corruption, close to the Democratic Party of Socialists. According to the prime minister, organized crime, drug cartels and cigarette smugglers have been ruling Montenegro for 30 years. Last Wednesday, Abazovich personally participated in the destruction of 1.5 thousand blocks of contraband cigarettes arrested in the port of Bar in February. A heated discussion of the results of the work of the Cabinet on Friday lasted 12 hours with several breaks and ended with a vote after midnight on Saturday. Abazovich called the vote of no confidence «a victory for the DPS» in advance, but expressed the opinion that over time, President Djukanovic will be forced to leave the political scene. Before the formation of a new of the parliamentary majority, the current Cabinet of Ministers of Montenegro will remain in a technical mandate and will continue to fulfill its duties until a new government is elected. for an emergency in Cetinje
