The president of Montenegro, who is running for re-election this weekend, dissolved parliament on Thursday, paving the way for snap parliamentary elections in the near future.
President Milo Djukanovic issued a decree dissolving parliament three months after Montenegro’s government fell in a vote of no confidence and after lawmakers failed to elect a new one.
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Djukanovic is expected to set a date for early elections on Friday.
Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic has dissolved parliament ahead of potential snap elections. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)
Presidential elections will be held in Montenegro on Sunday. Analysts predict the vote won’t produce a clear winner and that the pro-Western incumbent will face one of several challengers in a runoff election two weeks later.
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His opponents include candidates from several parties in a pro-Serbian alliance.
Djukanovic and his Democratic Party of Socialists led Montenegro to independence from Serbia in 2006 and NATO in 2017. But facing corruption allegations, the party lost the 2020 parliamentary election to an alliance of political parties who sought closer relations with Serbia and Russia.
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The ruling coalition has since been in disarray, creating a political stalemate that has blocked Montenegro’s bid to join the European Union.
