Parliamentary program
The goal of the program is to strengthen the capacity of the Parliament to meet its constitutional competencies, particularly control function. By strengthening the legal framework and practice of control mechanisms, we strive to increase their effectiveness and thus the accountability of the executive vis-à-vis the Parliament. The focus of the program is also on the role of the Parliament in the process of EU integration, functioning of its working bodies, as well as transparency and cooperation with civil society.
Report from the conference on results and impact of Parliament
27. 10. 2022.
A significant burden of the legislative and control function rests on the parliamentary committees and they have mostly failed in this task in the previous period. Additionally, the work of the Parliament has been further hampered by its frequent disrespect by the representatives of the executive power and independent institutions. These are some of the…
Two years of the 27th convocation of the Parliament: The neglect of obligations behind the facade of parliamentary supervision
26. 09. 2022.
Votes of no confidence in the 42nd and 43rd Governments, decisions to launch parliamentary investigations, and weakening of party monopolies – although these speak in favour of a more significant role of the Parliament of Montenegro, they have not reflected qualitative and sustainable progress in the parliamentary control of the executive. A more detailed illustration of…
MPs do not care about the reports on crime
23. 09. 2022.
Directors render accounts, but no one is controlling them Although the Police Administration directors have regularly sent, with short delays, semi-annual reports in the area of corruption and organised crime since 2018, the Parliamentary Security and Defence Committee considered only one. This is written in the documentation submitted to the Institute Alternative, which asked the…
While Affairs Pile Up, Parliament Needs to Step In
10. 05. 2022.
We have sent proposals to MPs to intensify oversight activities, reminding them that most of the committees have not yet adopted annual activity plans, while they failed to discuss important reports, including the semi-annual report of the police director on the fight against organised crime. Reiterating the relevance of our last year’s proposals, we pointed…
Parliamentary Committees to Re-Launch their Work
11. 03. 2022.
The work of parliamentary committees is not conditioned by the dynamics of plenary sessions and we point out that it is especially important that parliamentary committees initiate comprehensive discussion of acts that are in the parliamentary procedure. All working bodies have been passive in the period when disagreements on how to end the current political…
Members of the Government to show respect for their obligations to the Parliament
11. 12. 2021.
By not appearing yesterday at the control hearing in the Human Rights and Freedoms Committee, the Minister of Finance and Social Welfare, Milojko Spajić, avoided coming to the parliamentary hearing for the fifth time. Although the ministers in the Government of Montenegro are obliged to respond to the invitation of the committees for control hearing,…