Montenegro Parliament takes historic decision to declare Tuz a separate municipality
27/04/2017 00:00
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The Parliament of Montenegro, in a historic day for Albanians, voted to
declare Tuz a proper municipality. This was something the Albanian
citizens of Montenegro had been asking for the past 27 years.
An Albanian MP at the Montenegrin Parliament, Nik Gjeloshaj, gave this news to Top Channel.
42 MPs were part of the procedure, out of 81 in total. Tuzi was declared a commune with 42 votes in favor.
The Serbian opposition and the Key Coalition. However, what has surprised everybody, according to MP Nik Gjeloshaj, was that the Albanian MP, Dritan Abazovic, member of the Key Coalition, did not come to vote.
The draft-law for declaring Tuz a commune was voted by the Social Democracy Party of Milo Gjikanovic, who has the majority in Parliament, and the coalition of Albanian parties, Forca and Albanian Alternative of the Albanian Democratic Union.
Tuzi was dependant to the Podgorica municipality for more than 25 years. The Albanian population and politicians in Montenegro had requested to turn it into a commune, with full rights. After Ucin, Tuz is the second commune of Albanian majority in Montenegro.
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