Covid 19 u Crnoj Gori – Novi atak vlasti na krhku demokratiju
Covid-19 and Montenegro: Giving leeway for yet another attack on a fragile democracy

Summary/Abstract: Democracy in Montenegro was under attack during the emergency situation caused by the coronavirus, which is a continuation of some well-established autocratic practices that existed even before the epidemic. Violations of the Constitution and other legal regulations, contraversial changes to the law, marginalization of the role of parliament, restrictions on media freedom and freedom of expression, are just some of the practices that the government resorted to during the epidemic. They are all the even more problematic as they have been recorded in a country that has been negotiating membership in the European Union for eight years now, so it should have reached a certain level of democratization so far, but also due to the fact that 2020 is an election year in Montenegro while such practices further affect un even playing field. This paper points out the dimensions of the problem of autocratization in Montenegro, concluding that authoritarian practices are deeply rooted in the system itself, which has been controlled by the same party for thirty years.

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