The Union of Municipalities of Montenegro is organising the panel discussion “Electoral legislation reform: a single election day, direct election of municipal presidents/mayors and open lists – challenges and advantages”, which will be held tomorrow (Tuesday, 4 March 2025) at Hotel Podgorica in Podgorica starting at 10:00 a.m.
Opening remarks will be delivered by Mišela Manojlović, Secretary General of the Union of Municipalities, and Marash Dukaj, Minister of Public Administration.
Following the opening remarks, od 10.30 – 11. 30 the first panel will be held on the topic of “Advantages/challenges of the direct election of municipal presidents/mayors and holding elections on the same day” which will feature Nina Blažić, the Ministry of Public Administration, Dragan Koprivica, the Centre for Democratic Transition, Đorđije Blažić, the Faculty of State and European Studies, and Dragan Šoć, a lawyer.
Following a short coffee break, the second panel, entitled “Open lists – advantages/challenges”, will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and will feature Dragiša Janjušević, the Ministry of Public Administration, Mladen Vukčević, Faculty of Legal Studies, UDG, Zlatko Vujović, Faculty of Political Science, UCG, and Vasilije Čarapić, the Committee on Comprehensive Electoral Reform.
THE ENTIRE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This is a unique opportunity to bring together, in one place, local officials who would be directly affected by such solutions (municipal presidents/mayors and presidents of municipal assemblies), experts from the academic community, and representatives of the non-governmental sector working on electoral legislation, in order to jointly consider the challenges and opportunities that such changes may bring.
