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Post by radovic on Jan 8, 2009 10:29:12 GMT -5
“Ðukanoviæ plans to quit” 8 January 2009 | 14:34 | Source: Dan, Tanjug PODGORICA -- Podgorica daily Dan claims that Prime Minister Milo Ðukanoviæ plans to step down after the next parliamentary elections.
Quoting sources close to the prime minister, Dan writes that Ðukanoviæ will be recommending current Finance Minister Igor Lukšiæ as the next prime minister if his Democratic Party of Socialists triumphs at the coming elections.
Proposing Lukšiæ for the post of deputy prime minister in parliament, Ðukanoviæ said that he would play a big role in helping to minimize the impact of the international economic crisis in Montenegro.
DPS Political Director Predrag Sekuliæ did not want to confirm or deny the information.
Dan states that Ðukanoviæ has yet to inform DPS senior officials of whether or not he will stay on as prime minister.
The daily points out that Lukšiæ has been Ðukanoviæ’s favorite for some time, and that he had been due to take over in 2006 following Ðukanoviæ’s decision to retire from politics, but that DPS Vice President Svetozar Maroviæ had opposed the move.
Analysts believe that Ðukanoviæ will indeed step down, adding, however, that power is likely to remain in his hands, regardless of which position he occupies.
Early parliamentary elections are expected to be held in Montenegro on March 29.
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Post by radovic on Jan 8, 2009 10:34:12 GMT -5
^ Basically, the property boom has gone to bust, the financial sitiation is not condusive tom making Montenegro in a new Cyprus or new Iceland prior to the crisis, Montenegro could face a recession and of course the bank he, his brother and sister owned has collapsed and needed to be bailed out -- without parliamentary approval. And then there's KAP, accounting for half the GDP and 80% of exports it faces closure. But most of all, the government inflated tourist numbers for the summer.
Add to the above, the recognition of Kosovo has united the Serb opposition and the Movement for Changes, and as a result his party faces losing power for the first time.
Djukanovic has responded by douing what he did in 2006 in order to get a few more votes from those who would vote for the Movement for Changes because they hate him.
The first thing a new Serb and Movement for Changes government snhould do is: 1. Remove his immunity as a parliumaentary deputy. 2. Charge him with various charge3s: profiting from cigar smuggling, abuse of power, and of course profitting from human trafficking. 3. Confiscate his illegally obtained assets -- he is the richesty man in Montenegro. 4. Charge hime with treason for supporting NATO during the bombing.
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