The mission was organised locally by Ms Dajkovic, who had co-ordinated the Congress’ work with refugees in Montenegro in 1999. The Congress delegation visited Montenegro from 7 to 12 June 2000. The programme of meetings held by the delegation is set out in Appendix I. The Congress delegation was led by Mr Casagrande and accompanied by Ms Affholder, member of the Congress Secretariat, and, during preparation of the observation mission, by Mr Locatelli, Head of the Congress Secretariat. On 9 May the Congress Bureau appointed Mr Casagrande (France), Congress Vice-President, Mr Mildon (Turkey), Congress Vice-President, and Mr Bucci.

In a letter dated 5 May, Mr Marovic, Speaker of the Montenegrin Parliament, invited the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe to observe the elections. On 9 March President Djukanovic called new local elections in Podgorica and Herceg Novi. The Government therefore decided to shorten the councillors’ term of office. In Herceg Novi, although the Liberal Party replaced its municipal councillors, the city was not being run satisfactorily. The Government decided to dissolve the Podgorica municipal council on 31 March and appointed a three-man commission, comprising Mr Mugosa, Health Minister, Mr Soc, Justice Minister, and Mr Burzan, Deputy Prime Minister, to look after the city’s day-to-day affairs. Rapporteurs: Claude CASAGRANDE (France), Vice-President of the Congressĭocument approved by the Congress Bureau on 12 September 2000įollowing the Liberal Party’s decision last autumn to withdraw its municipal councillors from the “For a better life” coalition and the boycott by the opposition parties, the Podgorica and Herceg Novi municipal councils no longer had the necessary quorum to adopt the budget for 2000.

Report on the observation of local elections in Podgorica and Herceg Novi (Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) 11 June 2000

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