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“Without exaggeration, I think that our judiciary made a significant step forward in relation to the region and give us a starting position in a future accession negotiations, much better than the positions of some other countries,” said Deputy Prime Minister Duško Marković in a recent interview for national newspapers. Two days later, President of…
Policy Forum: Electoral Law – How to reach a compromise?
We are pleased to inform you that the Monitoring Centre and the Institute Alternative are organizing a panel discussion, “Electoral Law – How to reach a compromise?” with special emphasis on issues related to citizenship and voting rights, ie, authentic representation of minorities. Panelists of this discussion will be: Mr. Milutin Simović (DPS), Mr. Kemal…
Policy Forum – panel discussion Montenegro: Five years after the restoration of independence
Center for Monitoring and Institute Alternative are organizing a panel discussion “Montenegro: Five years after the restoration of independence,“ which will be held on Wednesday, 25 May 2011, starting 18h. Panelists will include Mr. Branko Lukovac, Mr. Miodrag Vuković, Mr. Goran Danilović and Mr. Velizar Kaluđerović. Panel discussion moderator will be Nedjeljko Rudović. The venue…
Commentary on Commission for Concessions’ 2010 report
Commission for Concessions’ 2010 report states that the register of concession contracts has been compiled. However, this is not the case because the Government itself states that the compiling of the registry is “in course”. Also, the report further states that the register will be published on the website of the Commission for Concessions as…
Better regulation of Question Time and Prime Minister’s Hour required
Question Time and Prime Minister’s hour do not represent effective mechanisms for parliamentary control of the executive. In order to increase the effects of these control mechanisms in practice, they should be prescribed more precise and detailed. It is necessary to enable their frequent use, as it is regulated in the EU member countries and…
Revision of certain provisions of the draft Law on Public Procurement required
The draft Law on Public Procurement should be reviewed before a proposal gets on the agenda of the Parliament. Some provisions of the draft Law require further attention and improvement. The Draft Law provides obligatory revision of the contracts worth over €1,000,000 by the State Commission, although an earlier version of the Draft had set…