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The Montenegro’s Parliament in the morning on Oct. 31, after a night-long debate, elected a new cabinet with Milojko Spajic prime minister.
Earlier, one of the Democratic Front leaders, Andrija Mandic, was appointed Parliament speaker. The new government received 46 votes in the 81-seat Parliament, while 19 MPs were against with one abstained vote.
The Europe Now Movement will be the backbone of the new cabinet, which will also feature the Democratic Montenegro led by Aleksa Becic, the Socialist People’s Party of Vladimir Jokovic, and two coalitions of ethnic Albanian minorities, the Albanian Forum and the Albanian Alliance.
In the Parliament, the Government will have the backing of the former pro-Europe Democratic Front members, the New Serb Democracy led by Andrija Mandic, and the Democratic People’s Party of Milan Knezevic, who will in exchange, atop parliament speaker, have 40 administration appointments and a certain number of ambassadorial posts.
New Prime Minister Spajic said that at its first meeting, the new Government will adopt a decision to postpone the population census, scheduled to start on Nov. 1, which the opposition threatened to boycott.
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