DELEGATE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND SELF-MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY: MONTENEGRO 1974-1990
DELEGATE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND SELF-MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY: MONTENEGRO 1974-1990

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present and describe the principles and values upon which the establishment and functioning of a specific form of parliamentary self-management system, known as the delegate system, were based. This objective will be achieved through the application of the historiographical method, content analysis, and a case study of the parliamentary delegate system of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro, as defined by the Constitution of SR Montenegro adopted in 1974. The electoral principles and methods for electing delegates to the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro were defined by electoral legislation, specifically two laws on the election of delegates adopted in 1974 and 1989, as well as the Law on the Election of MPs adopted in 1990. This allows for a comparison between different electoral principles, such as the parliamentary system of a tricameral assembly with a unicameral parliament, the position of delegates versus MPs, and a one-party versus a multi-party system. Furthermore, the paper provides an overview of the basic constitutional principles governing the delegate system of the Assembly of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It also presents the reasons for its introduction through a historical review of the development and changes in self-management since its inception in 1948."

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