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Montenegro’s parliament votes approval of new government

Fri, Jun 12 2009 12:25 CET byClive Leviev-Sawyer 932 Views
Montenegro’s parliament votes approval of new government

Montenegro's prime minister Milo Djukanovic.

Montenegro’s parliament voted on June 10 2009 to confirm prime minister Milo Djukanovic’s new government.
 
The vote was 48 for, 22 against with three abstentions.
 
Djukanovic has long been a strongman in local politics and played a leading role in the referendum that saw Montenegro quit its short-lived "state union" with Serbia in 2006.
 
In March 2009, an election saw him gain a new victory, at the head of his Democratic Party of Socialists. The issues in the election were the government’s response to the economic crisis, with forecasts that the country will be hard-hit, and Djukanovic’s pledges to lead Montenegro into Nato and the EU.
 
Montenegro received an invitation to Nato accession talks in 2008 and at the end of the year applied for EU membership.
 
Speaking on June 10, Djukanovic promised to complete the privatisation process in the country.
 
 

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