Parliament of Montenegro

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The Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro (Скупштина Републике Црне Горе or Skupština Republike Crne Gore) is the legislature of Montenegro. The Parliament currently has 81 members, each elected for a four year term. Current President of the Parliament is Ranko Krivokapić. Following the independence referendum, the Parliament is now bound to start the legal procedures to formally secede from the State Union with Serbia. The Parliament declared and ratified independence on 3 June 2006.

President of the Parliament: Ranko Krivokapić
Vice Presidents of the Parliament: Rifat Rastoder and Savoljub Stijepović

1 The role of the parliament
2 Deputies
3 Recent Election
4 Parliamentary coalitions and parties
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] The role of the parliament

The Parliament of Montenegro appoints the ministers chosen by proposed Prime Minister. Parliament also passes all laws in Montenegro, ratifies international treaties, appoints justices of all courts, adopts the budget and performs other duties as setablished by the Constitution. The Parliament can pass a vote of no-confidence on the Government by a majority of the members.

[edit] Deputies

A deputy has a four year term. One deputy is elected per 6,000 voters, which in turn results in a change of total number of deputies in the Assembly of Montenegro (the present assembly convening comprises 81 deputies instead of previous number of 74). The current president of the Parliament is Ranko Krivokapić.

[edit] Recent Election

Out of 484,430 legitimate Montenegrin voters, 70.3% voted at the Parliamentary elections:

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**Summary of the 10 September 2006 **Parliament of Montenegro** election results**
Party	Seats
Coalition for European Montenegro (DPS-SDP) - Milo Đukanović	41(+1)
Alliance of Communists of Yugoslavia - Communists of Montenegro	-
Serbian List - Andrija Mandić	12
"Coalition Democratic Alliance in Montenegro-Party of Democratic Prosperity - Mehmet Bardhi	1
Democratic Party of Montenegro - The Missing Piece	-
Albanian Alternative	1(-1)
Coalition SNP/NS/DSS	11
New Democratic Power - FORCA	1
Liberals and the Bosniak Party - "correct in the past, right for the future" - Miodrag-Miko Živković	2(+1)
Movement for Changes - Nebojša Medojević	11(-1)
Democratic Union of Albanians - Ferhat Dinoša	1
Total (turnout 71.3% out of 484,430)	81
Source: Vijesti