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Parties and Candidates
PC001
Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Signature requirement (specify requirement)
Comments: Article 43: A candidate list for election of councillors or MPs may be accepted if it has been supported by signatures of at least 0.8% of voters out of the number of voters in the electoral district, counting according to the data on the number of voters in the elections which preceded the decision to call for elections, regardless of whether those were elections for the president of Montenegro or parliamentary elections. As an exception to para. 1 of this Article, candidate lists for election of councillors of political parties or groups of voters which represent a minority nation or a minority ethnic community may be accepted if supported by the signatures of at least 150 voters, that is, for election of members of parliament it may be accepted if supported by the signatures of at least 1,000 voters who are exercising the right referred to in Article 94 para. 2 of this Law. In municipalities in which the seat of a councillor in previous elections was equal or less than 150 votes, candidate lists for election of councillors may be accepted if supported by the number of signatures of voters which is less
by one compared to the number of votes equal to one councillor seat in the previous elections for the relevant municipal assembly. A candidate list for election of members of parliament which represents a minority nation or a minority ethnic community which constitutes up to 2% of the Montenegrin population according to the last census results may be accepted if supported by the signatures of at least 300 voters.
Voters who sign lists for election of councillors shall have their place of permanent residence in the territory of the relevant municipality. Voters who sign lists for election of members of parliament shall have their place of permanent residence in the territory of Montenegro.
(Paragraph 6 was repealed).
The State Election Commission shall prescribe the procedure and organisation of gathering voter signatures in support of a candidate list.
Source: Electoral Law: Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives as amended in 2016, art. 43.
http://www.legislationline.org/search/runSearch/1/key/electoral+law/country/57/rows/10/type/1
Verified: 2021/12/22
PC003
Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Age b . Citizenship d . Residence j . Other
Comments: Article 11: 1. A voter who has turned 18 years of age, has legal capacity and permanent residence in Montenegro for no less than two years prior to the election day, shall be entitled to vote for and stand as a candidate in election of members of parliament.
Source: Electoral Law: Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives as amended in 2016, Art. 11(1).
http://www.legislationline.org/search/runSearch/1/key/electoral+law/country/57/rows/10/type/1
Verified: 2021/12/22
PC008
Independent candidates
Question: Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s):
e . In both presidential and legislative elections
Comments: Electoral Law on Election of President: The candidate for president can be nominated by a political party or a group of citizens, on the basis of signatures of at least 1,5% of the total electorate using as reference the number of voters from the elections that preceded the Decision on Calling of the Elections.
A single political party or a group of citizens may nominate one candidate only.
Two or more political parties may nominate a joint candidate.
Electoral Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives: Article 38: 1. Political parties registered in Montenegro, separately or as a coalition, as well as groups of voters, shall propose candidates for their candidate lists on the basis of a certain number of voter signatures.
Source: Electoral Law: Law on Election of President of Montenegro, adopted on 27 December 2007, art. 4.
Electoral Law: Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives as amended in 2016, art. 38(1).
Verified: 2021/12/22
PC012
Public funding of parties
Question: Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s):
b . Direct c . Indirect
Comments: Electoral Law: The Law on Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns (2015)
Article 2:
Political entities may acquire funds for regular operation and the election campaign from public and private sources, in accordance with this Law.
Article 5:
Public sources, in terms of this Law, are the funds allocated from the Budget of Montenegro and local self-government budgets (hereinafter referred to as: the budgetary assets).
Article 7:
Budgetary assets may be used to finance:
1) regular operation of political entities;
2) costs of election campaigns for the election of Members of Parliament and councillors and
election of the President of Montenegro.
Article 8:
A political entity which participates in the elections and wins at least one MP or councilor seat shall be entitled to budgetary assets referred to in Article 7 paragraph 1 item 1 of this Law. Entity that submitted the verified and proclaimed electoral list and the nomination for the election for the President of Montenegro shall be entitled to budgetary assets referred to in Article 7, paragraph 1, item 2 of this Law.
Electoral Law: Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives as amended in 2016:
Art 53: All contestants, including political parties, during the campaign period are allocated to free broadcast time as well as equal terms for newspaper space.
Source: Electoral Law: The Law on Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns (2015)
https://www.antikorupcija.me/media/documents/LAW_ON_FINANCING_OF_POLITICAL_ENTITIES_lLovfsJ.pdf
Electoral Law: Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives as amended in 2016, art. 53
https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7743/file/Montenegro_Law_elections_councillors_members_of_parliament_1998_am2016_en.pdf.
Verified: 2021/12/22
PC015
Question: What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s):
a . Equal funding, regardless of size and previous performance c . Based on current legislative representation
Comments: Budgetary assets for financing of the regular operation of the political entities in the Parliament:
20% of the funds referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be distributed in equal amounts to political entities in the Parliament, and municipal assemblies respectively, and the remaining 80% of funds in proportion to the total number of MP and councilor seats they have at the time of distribution.
Budgetary assets for financing of the costs of the election campaign:
20% of the funds referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be distributed in equal amounts to
the political entities, within eight days from the expiry of deadline for submission of the electoral
lists. 80% of the funds referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be distributed to the political entities
that won seats, in proportion to the number of seats awarded.
Source: Electoral Law: The Law on Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns (2015), art. 11 and 14
https://www.antikorupcija.me/media/documents/LAW_ON_FINANCING_OF_POLITICAL_ENTITIES_lLovfsJ.pdf
Verified: 2021/12/22
PC017
Question: Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: Article 2:
Political entities may acquire funds for regular operation and the election campaign from public and private sources, in accordance with this Law.
Source: Electoral Law: The Law on Financing of Political Entities and Election Campaigns (2015), Art. 2.
https://www.antikorupcija.me/media/documents/LAW_ON_FINANCING_OF_POLITICAL_ENTITIES_lLovfsJ.pdf
Verified: 2021/12/22
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