Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – According to Boris Pejovic, a member of the presidency of the Europe Now Movement and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, pressure from Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic on the Constitutional Court and his announcement that the agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be struck down best show who is seeking political influence over those who must remain independent.

“While the President constantly calls on MPs to ‘be responsible toward citizens, the rule of law and the functioning of the Constitutional Court’, in practice he is showing what pressure on those who safeguard Montenegro’s legal order through independent decisions looks like,” Pejovic said in a press release.

He believes that Milatovic has clearly shown both the Montenegrin public and European partners that appointing a Constitutional Court judge does not represent a step closer to Brussels for him, but rather an opportunity to exert greater influence over political processes in the country.

“I also think it is crystal clear to everyone how problematic the announcement is that it is only a matter of days before the agreement will be overturned, because Milatovic is obviously already counting on a vote in the Constitutional Court, and is very likely conditioning the candidate he proposes for this position, while promoting candidates with strong biographies,” Pejovic said.

As he concluded, it gives the impression that making decisions and acting against the current government and all its international partners, from the UAE, France and Hungary to the United States, is considered a greater recommendation than the candidate’s biography itself.