Marković Cabinet
Marković Cabinet | |
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 41st Cabinet of Montenegro | |
| 2016–present | |
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| Date formed | 28 November 2016 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Duško Marković |
| No. of ministers | 20 (1 of them without portfolio) |
| Member parties | DPS, SD, BS, DUA, HGI |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government |
| History | |
| Election | 16 October 2016 |
| Predecessor | Đukanović VI Cabinet |
The Marković Cabinet, led by Duško Marković, is the 41st cabinet of the Montenegro. Cabinet was elected on 28 November 2016 by a majority vote in the Parliament of Montenegro. The coalition government was composed of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), the Social Democrats (SD), and ethnic minority parties.
Government formation
2016 election
Elections for the composition of new parliament of Montenegro were held on October 16, 2016 and resulted in a new victory for the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) led by long-term PM Milo Đukanović, which has been in power since introduction of multi-party system in 1990.
Forming majority
Although the DPS failed to win the majority on its own[1], they succeeded in remaining in power once again, forming a government with the newly formed Social Democrats (SD) and national minorities parties.
On 9 November 2016, Deputy PM Duško Marković was nominated as Prime Minister by the president of Montenegro Filip Vujanović, and on 28 November new government was elected by 41 out of 81 members of the parliament (with the entire opposition boycotting the assembly), with the support of DPS, SD and the Albanian, Croat and Bosniak minority parties.[2]
| Investiture votes for Marković Cabinet | ||
| Ballot → | 28 November 2016 | |
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| Required majority → | 41 out of 81 | |
42 / 81
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No
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0 / 81
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39 / 81
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Cabinet composition
Party breakdown
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3
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2
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1
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1
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Ministers
| Portfolio | Minister | Party | Took office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | ||||
| General Affairs | Duško Marković | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | ||||
| Justice | Zoran Pažin | none | 28 November 2016 | |
| Agriculture and Rural Development | Milutin Simović | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Regional Development | Rafet Husović | BS | 4 December 2012 | |
| Ministers | ||||
| Interior | Mevludin Nuhodžić | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Defence | Predrag Bošković | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Finance | Darko Radunović | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Foreign Affairs | Srđan Darmanović | none | 28 November 2016 | |
| Education | Damir Šehović | SD | 28 November 2016 | |
| Science | Sanja Damjanović | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Culture | Aleksandar Bogdanović | DPS | 28 December 2017 | |
| Economy | Dragica Sekulić | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Transport and Maritime Affairs | Osman Nurković | BS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Sustainable Development and Tourism | Pavle Radulović | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Health | Kenan Hrapović | SD | 28 November 2016 | |
| Human and Minority Rights | Mehmet Zenka | DUA | 28 November 2016 | |
| Labour and Social Welfare | Kemal Purišić | BS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Public Administration | Suzana Pribilović | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Sports | Nikola Janović | DPS | 28 November 2016 | |
| Without Portfolio | Marija Vučinović | HGI | 4 December 2012 | |
Controversy and affairs
In its political rights and civil liberties worldwide report in May 2020, Freedom House marked Montenegro as a hybrid regime rather than a democracy because of declining standards in governance, justice, elections and media freedom. Freedom House stated that years of increasing state capture, abuse of power, authoritative and populist leadership had tipped country over the edge, and for the first time since 2003, Montenegro was no longer categorised as a democracy. The report emphasised the unequal electoral process, cases of political arrests, negative developments related to judicial independence, media freedoms, as well as a series of unresolved cases of corruption within the DPS-led government.[3]
Accusations of electoral fraud
All 39 opposition MPs (out of 81 in total) started boycotting Parliament since the constitution of its current convocation in December 2016, due to claims of electoral fraud and that the elections were not held under fair conditions, at the 2016 parliamentary elections. They are demanding snap elections and reform of electoral laws.
The "Atlas" and "Envelope" affairs
In mid-January 2019, a video clip from 2016 surfaced in which businessman Duško Knežević, chairman of the Montenegro-based Atlas Group, appeared to hand the Mayor of Podgorica and high-ranked ruling party member, Slavoljub Stijepović, an envelope containing what Knežević later said was $97,000, to fund a Democratic Party of Socialists parliamentary election campaign.[4]
Anti-corruption protests
Protests against corruption within Montenegrin DPS-lead government have started in February 2019 soon after the revelation of footage and documents that appear to implicate top officials in obtaining suspicious funds for the ruling party.
Controversial religion law and protests
As of late December 2019, the newly proclaimed religion law which de-jure transfers the ownership of church buildings and estates from the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro to the Montenegrin state, sparked a series of massive protests followed with road blockages, which continued to 2020.
See also
References
- ^ Ovo su rezultati koje je proglasio DIK, Vijesti
- ^ Le Courrier des Balkans (29 November 2016). "Monténégro : un nouveau gouvernement qui ne tient qu'à une voix". courrierdesbalkans.fr/ (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2016..
- ^ "Nation in Transit 2020: Dropping the Democratic Facade" (PDF). Freedom House. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Objavljen snimak: Knežević uručio kovertu Stijepoviću, Antena M