Ana Novaković Đurović from the URA movement says they`ll only support real elections reform, not just small changes to a few laws.
She`s pushing for open lists, raising the quota for women to 40% and making elections commissions (both national and local) more professional. But she points out that even the best laws won`t matter if the investigations in charge stay political something she thinks the current majority wants to keep that way.
She also warns against rushing things just to check boxes for the EU, like what happened with the IBAR laws. They got approved, sure, but now they have to be fixed because they weren`t well done something URA warned about. Instead of just going through the motions, she says, Montenegro should use the EU`s support to make real, lasting election changes.
This whole thing really comes down to whether we want real change or just to say we`ve “done the work“ without actually fixing anything. Ana Novaković Đurović is making a solid point if the system stays political, even the best laws won`t matter. It`s like painting over cracks in a wall instead of fixing the foundation. We`ve seen it before with the IBAR laws, where things were rushed just to get approval, and now they need to be redone. It`s frustrating because there`s a real change here to make elections fairer and more transparent, but only if reforms actually mean something. Checking EU boxes shouldn`t be the goal building a system that works for everyone should be.
She adds that even the best laws will be useless if the institutions enforcing them remain politically controlled, which, she says, has been the intention of the current parliamentary majority so far. Even the best laws won`t mean much if the institutions enforcing them stay political. And honestly, she`s got a point if the same people keep pulling the strings, nothing really changes. According to her, that`s exactly what the current parliamentary majority wants, and it`s a big reason why real reform feels so difficult.
We keep going in circles with the same old system, nothing will ever get better. Real reform needs a fresh approach, and that means breaking away from political control in the institutions. It`s time to stop just talking about change and actually make it happen!
Written by our correspondent A.A.
