The responsibilities of the Government of Montenegro are to:
1) Leads the internal and external policy of Montenegro;
2) Executes laws, other regulations and general acts;
3) Makes decrees, decisions and other acts for the execution of laws;
4) Concludes international contracts;
5) Proposes the development plan and spatial plan of Montenegro;
6) Proposes the budget and final budget account;
7) Proposes a national security strategy and a defence strategy;
8) Decides on the recognition of states and the establishment of diplomatic and consular relations with other states;
9) Proposes ambassadors and heads of other diplomatic missions of Montenegro abroad;
10) Performs other tasks established by the Constitution or the law.
During a war or emergency, the Government can pass decrees with legal force if the Assembly cannot meet. The Government must submit laws with legal power to the Parliament for confirmation as soon as the Parliament can meet. The Government comprises the president, one or more vice presidents and ministers. The Prime Minister represents the Government and directs its work. The President of Montenegro proposes a representative within 30 days from the date of the Constitution of the Assembly. The representative for the composition of the Government presents his program in the Assembly and proposes the arrangement of the Government. The Assembly decides on the mandate program and the proposal for the composition of the Government simultaneously. The Prime Minister and a member of the Government may not hold parliamentary or other public functions nor perform other professional activities. The Government and a member of the Government can resign. The resignation of the Prime Minister is considered the resignation of the Government. The Prime Minister can propose to the Assembly to dismiss a member of the Government. The Government can raise the question of its confidence in the Parliament. The Assembly can vote with no confidence in the Government. At least 27 deputies can submit the proposal to vote of no confidence in the Government. Suppose the Government received a vote of confidence. In that case, the signatories of the proposal can only submit a new proposal for a vote of confidence after the expiration of 90 days.
At least 27 M.P.s can submit an interpellation to examine specific questions about the work of the Government. The interpellation is submitted in writing and must be explained. The Government proposes an answer within 30 days of receiving the interpellation. At the proposal of at least 27 deputies, the Assembly can form a survey committee to collect information and facts about events related to the work of state bodies.
The Government’s mandate ends upon termination of the appointment of the Assembly, upon resignation, when it loses confidence and if it does not propose a budget by March 31 of the budget year. The Government whose mandate has ended continues to work until the election of a new government. A government whose license has expired cannot dissolve the Assembly.
Ministries and other administrative bodies perform state administration tasks. Particular state administration tasks can be transferred by law to a local self-government or another legal entity or entrusted by government regulation to a local or legal entity.
Decisions are made directly and through freely elected representatives in local self-government. The right to local self-government includes the right of citizens and local self-government bodies to regulate and manage specific public and other affairs based on their responsibility and in the interest of the local population. The municipality is the primary form of local self-government, but other conditions can be established.
The municipality has the status of a legal entity. It adopts the statute and general acts. The bodies of the municipality are the Assembly and the president. By law, the city has certain property rights over things on state property. The municipality has property. It is financed from its own revenues and state funds. It has a budget. The city is independent in the exercise of its competencies.
The Government can dismiss the municipal president, i.e., dissolve the city Assembly, only if the community, i.e., the municipal president, exercises its powers for six months.
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