The court overturned the decision to elect the head of the municipality of Herceg Novi
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The court overturned the decision to elect the head of the municipality of Herceg Novi.
The Montenegrin Administrative Court upheld the claim of the deputies of the Civil Union and therefore canceled the decision of the Herceg Novi municipality on August 6 last year, on the election of Natasha Achimovich as mayor of the city.
The resolution contests the legality of the decision of the city parliament, in particular, because the chairman of the city assembly held a session on an expedited procedure, which is contrary to the conditions and rules that are regulated by law. "Natasha Akimovich was illegally elected to the place of the head of the Herceg Novi municipality," the decision of the Administrative Court of Montenegro states.
"This decision inspires confidence in the judiciary and shows that Montenegro is on the right track to the European Union. This speaks of the rule of law, the strengthening of the judicial system and the protection of human rights. However, we are not triumphant, but on the contrary, we regret that in general it reached such a situation in our city ... ", stated in the Civil Union.
Chairman of the City Assembly of Herceg Novi, Andrei Radman said that he respected the decision of the Administrative Court. However, he added that it is a question of formal, and not significant, shortcomings that were committed during the procedure for electing the head of the Municipality and they will be eliminated in subsequent procedures for the election of the mayor.
Thus, the city administration, in response to the claim, remained with its original decision, noting that the selection of candidates was carried out in the manner prescribed by the procedure, in full compliance with the rules governing this procedure, and made a response to the Court to dismiss the complaint as unfounded.
Representatives of the Civil Union warned the Skupshtin about possible problems related to decisions and appointments to be made by the head of the municipality, which, in their opinion, "is illegally elected".
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