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Article 91. Decision-making Quorum for legislative sessions The Parliament shall decide by majority vote of the present Members of the Parliament in the session attended by over one half of the total number of Members, unless otherwise regulated by the Constitution. Head of government removal With majority vote of all its Members, the Parliament shall adopt laws regulating the Requirements for birthright citizenship Ombudsman following: manner of exercising liberties and rights of citizens, Montenegrin citizenship, Head of government selection referendum, material responsibilities of citizens, state symbols and use and application Cabinet selection of state symbols, defence and security, army; founding, merger and abolition of Head of state removal Cabinet removal municipalities; and shall proclaim state of war and state of emergency; adopt spatial Referenda plans; pass the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament; make decisions regarding the Power to declare/approve war calling for state referendum; make decisions on reducing terms of office; make decisions Emergency provisions on releasing the president of Montenegro from duty; elect and release Prime Minister and members of the Government from duty and make decisions on confidence in the Government; appoint and release the Protector of Human Rights and Liberties from duty. Constitutional court removal The Parliament shall elect and release from duty the judges of the Constitutional Court, Establishment of judicial council Eligibility for const court judges the Supreme State Prosecutor and four members of the Judicial Council from among Constitutional court selection reputable lawyers by two-third majority vote in the first voting and by three-fifth Attorney general majority in the second voting of all the Members of the Parliament no sooner than a month. Attorney general In the first voting the Parliament shall elect the Supreme State Prosecutor at proposal of the Prosecution Council. If the proposed candidate is not supported by the required majority, in the second voting the Parliament shall elect the Supreme State Prosecutor from among all the candidates that meet the legal requirements. Dismissal of the legislature Article 92. Dissolution of Parliament The Parliament shall be dissolved if it fails to elect the Government within 90 days from the date when the President of Montenegro proposed for the first time the candidate for the position of the Prime Minister. If the Parliament does not perform its duties established by the law for a longer period of time, the Government may dissolve the Parliament upon hearing the opinion of the Speaker of the Parliament and the presidents of the caucuses in the Parliament. The Parliament shall be dissolved by the Ordinance of the President of Montenegro. Emergency provisions The Parliament shall not be dissolved during the state of war or state of emergency, if the ballot procedure of no confidence in the Government has been initiated, and in the first three months from its constitution and the three months prior to the expiry of its mandate. The President of Montenegro shall call for the elections the first day after the dissolution of the Parliament. Initiation of general legislation Article 93. Proposing laws and other acts The right to propose laws and other acts shall be granted to the Government and the Member of the Parliament. Legislative initiatives by citizens The right to propose laws shall also be granted to six thousand voters, through the Member of the Parliament they authorized. Referenda The proposal to call for the national referendum may be submitted by: at least 25 Members of the Parliament, the President of Montenegro, the Government or at least 10% of the citizens with the right to vote. Approval or veto of general legislation Veto override procedure Montenegro 2007 (rev. 2013) Page 19 constituteproject.org PDF generated: 27 Apr 2022, 10:50