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The opposition parties in Montenegro did not allow the holding of the session of the parliament on Friday, preventing the interpellation of Prime Minister Milojko Spajic.
The opposition is demanding the annulment of the decision related to the retirement of the judges of the Constitutional Court, which it considers a "constitutional coup" .
The European Union has also expressed concern about the Montenegrin parliament's decision to terminate the mandate of the judge of the Constitutional Court.
"We call on all institutions to respect the rule of law and respect the Constitution," said European Commission spokesman Guillaume Mercier. "This is decisive for Montenegro's path to the EU".
The opposition MPs accuse the Constitutional Commission and the parliamentary majority of having caused a "deep institutional and constitutional crisis" due to the decision to retire a judge and attempts to remove two other judges of the Constitutional Court.
After leaving the parliament hall, opposition MPs surrounded Prime Minister Spajic, preventing him from addressing journalists.
On Friday, opposition representatives met with President Jakov Milatovic, who echoed opposition statements, blaming the Constitutional Commission for the crisis in Montenegro.
"The constitutional crisis was born as a result of the actions of the Constitutional Commission, which took the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court and thus entered the area of illegal and unconstitutional actions" , declared President Milatovic after the meeting.
Analysts and civil society organizations in Montenegro warned of a new constitutional crisis after Montenegrin Parliament Speaker Andrija Mandic, a supporter of pro-Russian and pro-Serbian policies, referring to the conclusions of the Constitutional Commission, said on Wednesday that the judges of The mandates of the Constitutional Court have been terminated.
The political clashes in Montenegro come after the Intergovernmental Conference held in Brussels, where Montenegro closed three chapters. Since the opening of negotiations for EU membership in 2012 and until now, Montenegro has closed a total of six chapters.
Although Montenegro was ready to close the "Foreign Policy, Security and Defense" chapter, Croatia did not give its consent due to "the issue of missing persons during the last war"./ VOA
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