MONTENEGRO: NO AGREEMENT ON NEW GOVT, EARLY ELECTION IMMINENT

PODGORICA, July 9 (Hina) - The premier designate for the composition of the new Montenegrin government and vice-president of the Democratic Socialist Party (DPS), Filip Vujanovic, said on Tuesday that after today's talks with representatives of the coalition "Together For Yugoslavia" it was quite clear that the new government could not be formed and that the only realistic option was an election. #L# "We have established that the set up of the government is not possible because we do not share the same stand regarding the issue of referendum in a possible coalition agreement, which should be the political basis for the functioning of the government," Vujanovic told reporters. Vujanovic and another party vice-president, Svetozar Marovic, held talks on behalf of the ruling DPS party with representatives of the coalition "Together For Yugoslavia". The meeting was the last attempt of the ruling party and the opposition to harmonise their views at least about the constitution of a technical government, as one of the possibilities to solve the crisis in the country. "The DPS believes that the referendum, as part of the Belgrade Agreement, should be an integral part of the coalition agreement, and that citizens, three years after the agreement on new relations between Serbia and Montenegro, should confirm the continuation of the joint state or chose independence in a referendum," Vujanovic said, adding the pro-Yugoslav coalition was against this. "We have agreed that we cannot harmonise stands that are so different and that the only realistic option is an election, which should be made possible by shortening the mandate of the Montenegrin parliament," Vujanovic said. The coalition "Together for Yugoslavia" today said the deep state and political crisis in Montenegro could only be solved with an early parliamentary election. (hina) rml