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30. 01. 2018.

Opposition’s path

Piše: Stevo Muk

After the 2016 parliamentary elections, opposition has more MPs in the Parliament of Montenegro than ever before in the modern history of Montenegro. Distribution of votes is such that opposition’s seat share is closer to its vote share (least dispersed votes) than ever before. It is now supported by a significantly more balanced identity structure…

06. 10. 2017.

Interactive Caviar

Piše: Stevo Muk

A full alignment with the European Court of Human Rights practice is still a commitment to be met by Montenegro. It is what has been consistently written in the progress reports as well as in the Report of the European Commission on Montenegro, published in November 2016. I am sure that the authors of this…

13. 09. 2017.

All our Failures

Piše: Stevo Muk

We mark the tenth anniversary of the foundation of Institute alternative this month. We started from zero. It took us five years to become a relatively stable organization and it took us ten years to secure a place among the most active and most prominent organisations with 10 employees. It is very difficult to talk…

06. 03. 2017.

Open Data and Economy

Piše: Dina Bajramspahić

#OpenDataDay The International Open Data Day is marked for the seventh time today on 4th of March. The idea is to promote the significance and the use of “unlocking“ the data worldwide and the necessity of adopting a politics of openness, not just by the governments and public institutions but also by private sector, civil…

28. 11. 2016.

Old and New Government

Piše: Stevo Muk

We all know that state administration is composed of sixty-five organs out which sixteen of them are ministries. We also know that ministries perform complex tasks of proposing internal and foreign policy, leading policy development, normative activities, administrative oversight etc. So who and how decides on the number of ministries and their names? Simple answer…

21. 10. 2016.

Post-election Shady Business

Piše: Stevo Muk

“The opposition is satisfied with the results of the elections because the opposition has defeated DPS.“ “The opposition does not accept the election results because of the reported arrest of the group planning a coup.“ “The opposition will form a government with minority parties.” “The opposition ready to support a minority government minority parties.“ We…

22. 07. 2016.

Challenges of Policing the Protests in Montenegro

Piše: Aleksandra Vavić,Ivana Bogojević

Two challenges are recognized by analysing protest in Montenegro in late 2015: the excessive use of force and the lack of transparency by the police. Political and civic protests, that occurred last October in the organization of opposition coalition Democratic Front, lasted almost one month, with the aim to boycott the Parliament and demand resignation…

16. 05. 2016.

Enforce the Agreement

Piše: Stevo Muk

MPs have the right to convey their messages in various ways, opposition MPs in particular, even in unusual, unconventional ways. However, the rest of the parliamentary performance last Friday was torturesome, violent, unnecessary, rude and inappropriate for our parliamentary life. MPs from Democratic Front have contributed to this, two of them most significantly, but the…

18. 04. 2016.

Corruption at the top of the class

Piše: Jovana Marović

Nearly four years after the start of EU accession negotiations, and more than two since the opening of chapters 23 and 24 relating to the rule of law, Montenegro is waiting for the European Commission to (pr)evaluate the success of fulfilling tasks put before it. These requirements, which EC uses to “measure” the level of…

11. 03. 2016.

Advise me what I already think

Piše: Stevo Muk

The question rightfully arises: What are the results of our work and have we been able to influence the decisions of the Government? A sincere answer would be as follows: Our results are thin and we’ve failed to achieve any significant impact. Why is it so? Here is the answer based on a recent example.…

19. 02. 2016.

Big and small election narratives

Piše: Milena Muk

For the purpose of building election trust, besides dealing with great stories of democratic dialogue, it is necessary to tackle public policies in depth, so that, in four years time, we do not again witness sudden, short-term attempts of “fixing” the issues which have been previously largely neglected by politicians. The 2016 is the election…

13. 02. 2016.

Law demands an agreement, but…

Piše: Dina Bajramspahić

After all the twists and the upheaval that followed the appointment of the Head of Special police unit, I would like to express a deep personal belief that the obstruction is not the issue, but the lack of capacity to reach compromise. First of all, we should reiterate the legal formulation: the head of the…