Post by radovic on Feb 3, 2008 12:47:21 GMT -5
Ðukanoviæ's election as PM "foregone conclusion"
3 February 2008 | 14:00 | Source: Tanjug
PODGORICA -- Montenegro's deputy PM says DPS leader Mile Ðukanoviæ's selection as prime minister is “a foregone conclusion.”
Gordana Ðuroviæ said that she was certain that the “formality” of his appointment as prime minister would soon be taken care of.
The Montenegrin parliament is due to formally announce the resignation on health grounds of Prime Minister Željko Šturanoviæ on Tuesday, while the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) will immediately after propose the name of the new prime minister to President Filip Vujanoviæ.
The DPS have also announced the possibility that party deputy leader Svetozar Maroviæ be proposed as one of the new government’s deputy prime minister. Maroviæ withdrew from politics at virtually the same time as Ðukanoviæ to concentrate on his business interests.
Vice-President of the ruling Social Democratic Party coalition Ivan Brajoviæ said that he would support Ðukanoviæ’s nomination for prime minister, on the condition that all his fellow party members retained their current ministerial positions within the government.
The DPS leader has served three previous mandates as Montenegrin prime minister (twice between 1991-98, and 2003-2006) and one as president (1998-2002).
He announced his return to the political scene ten days ago on Sarajevo’s Hyatt TV, when he said that he did not rule out the possibility of returning to the post of prime minister “if the circumstances necessitate.”
“Neither do I want, nor can I shirk my responsibilities. I’m there, as party leader, and should events unfold in such a way that requires a different set-up or shift, I’m aware that I don’t have the right to simply follow my personal interests,” said Ðukanoviæ on that occasion.
During his break from politics, Ðukanoviæ set up a number of management and consulting companies, one university and became a major shareholder in the First Montenegrin Bank, whose majority owner is his brother, Aca.
President of the Parliamentary Commission for Conflicts of Interest Slobodan Lekoviæ claims that this is no obstacle to the DPS leader reassuming the post of prime minister, provided he transfers the management of his financial interests to someone else.
3 February 2008 | 14:00 | Source: Tanjug
PODGORICA -- Montenegro's deputy PM says DPS leader Mile Ðukanoviæ's selection as prime minister is “a foregone conclusion.”
Gordana Ðuroviæ said that she was certain that the “formality” of his appointment as prime minister would soon be taken care of.
The Montenegrin parliament is due to formally announce the resignation on health grounds of Prime Minister Željko Šturanoviæ on Tuesday, while the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) will immediately after propose the name of the new prime minister to President Filip Vujanoviæ.
The DPS have also announced the possibility that party deputy leader Svetozar Maroviæ be proposed as one of the new government’s deputy prime minister. Maroviæ withdrew from politics at virtually the same time as Ðukanoviæ to concentrate on his business interests.
Vice-President of the ruling Social Democratic Party coalition Ivan Brajoviæ said that he would support Ðukanoviæ’s nomination for prime minister, on the condition that all his fellow party members retained their current ministerial positions within the government.
The DPS leader has served three previous mandates as Montenegrin prime minister (twice between 1991-98, and 2003-2006) and one as president (1998-2002).
He announced his return to the political scene ten days ago on Sarajevo’s Hyatt TV, when he said that he did not rule out the possibility of returning to the post of prime minister “if the circumstances necessitate.”
“Neither do I want, nor can I shirk my responsibilities. I’m there, as party leader, and should events unfold in such a way that requires a different set-up or shift, I’m aware that I don’t have the right to simply follow my personal interests,” said Ðukanoviæ on that occasion.
During his break from politics, Ðukanoviæ set up a number of management and consulting companies, one university and became a major shareholder in the First Montenegrin Bank, whose majority owner is his brother, Aca.
President of the Parliamentary Commission for Conflicts of Interest Slobodan Lekoviæ claims that this is no obstacle to the DPS leader reassuming the post of prime minister, provided he transfers the management of his financial interests to someone else.