Geht die NATO Herrschaft, mit dem Gangser Milo Djukanovic zu Ende, nach den Wahlen, darf bezweifelt werden. Wie in anderen Ländern, wird so lange herum bestochen und erpresst, bis er am Ruder bleibt
Djukanovic’s 30-year winning streak in Montenegro cut short by Serbian Orthodox Church
Montenegro is at a crossroads after its leader, Milo Djukanovic, lost the latest parliamentary elections and ended his uninterrupted 30-year rule over the small coastal Western Balkans country, which broke from Serbia in 2006, joined NATO in 2017, and is the closest of all countries in the region to becoming a new EU member.
Djukanovic, as the incumbent president, failed to secure an outright parliamentary majority during the August 28 elections and now faces the biggest challenge yet as he must now form a coalition government with the numbers strongly against him. As the “favorite son” of Serbia’s late strongman, Slobodan Milosevic, he became the youngest prime minister in Europe in 1991 and has ruled ever since.
Djukanovic’s Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) won 35.1%, according to the full results published on August 31. An umbrella group of pro-Russian and pro-Serbian parties called For the Future of Montenegro won 32.5%, followed by 12.5% for the opposition alliance Peace is Our Nation, and 5.6% for the Black on White, all of which translates to at least 41 seats in the 81-seat parliament.
Djukanovic’s loyalists said the political future of the country, its NATO membership, and EU aspirations all apparently hang in the balance, but the opposition quickly sought to downplay the dilemma. They claim there will be no changes to the country’s foreign policy course – only it will no longer be ruled by what it calls a “corrupt regime and its divisive policies”.....