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SARAJEVO, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Montenegro’s current president has been the highest-ranking member of the Adriatic nation for the past 30 years. political post holder Milo Djukanovic will be held next month the president He nominated his candidacy for the third term in the elections on Saturday.
The vote to be held on March 19, the country will vote of no confidence in two separate governments and a new one Prime Minister A year that was marked by a dispute between Djukanović regarding the appointment political will be held at a time of deadlock.
Over the years, Montenegro has been divided between those who call themselves Montenegrins and those who consider themselves Serbs, and those who oppose the country’s independence from its former alliance with neighboring and larger Serbia.
in Montenegro the president his office is largely ceremonial, but Djukanovic’s victory the president early after the vote parliament can lead to the elections, because he has so far Prime Minister to the position offer rejected the candidates.
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Djukanovic, who heads the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), said on Saturday when presenting his candidacy to the election authorities: “I am entering the election race with the intention of winning quickly and convincingly.”
20Djukanovic, who led Montenegro to its independence from the Serbian-Montenegro state union in 2006 NATOby providing membership to NATO“Montenegro Europe “It is completely paralyzed on its way and this suffering must be stopped as soon as possible,” he said. Europe Join the Union.
The opposition accuses Djukanovic and the DPS of corruption, ties to organized crime and running a country of 620,000 people – charges Djukanovic and his party deny.
The State Election Commission has already nominated two more presidential candidates – Andrija Mandici from the “New Serbian Democracy” party of ethnic Serbs and Social Draginja Vuksanovic from the Democratic Party endorsed Stankovic.
Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic Editing by Helen Popper
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2023-02-25 17:57:22
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