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Montenegro
2023
Early election
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance transparency, the law should prescribe that donations above a certain (low) amount are made only by bank transfer.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Montenegro
2023
Early election
Parliamentary
elections
The law should prescribe that the Agency for Prevention of Corruption is required to publish the campaign finance reports immediately upon receipt and in an easily accessible, user-friendly manner. Measures should be taken to enable the Agency for Prevention of Corruption to identify donations provided by public contractors, including by means of cross-checking donors against a digital database of public contractors.
Recommendation # in final report:
20
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Montenegro
2023
Early election
Parliamentary
elections
Monitoring of campaign expenditure should start from the call of elections and should include all forms of campaigning including campaign events and Google Ads, as well as other important platforms, to the extent possible.
Recommendation # in final report:
21
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Montenegro
2023
Early election
Parliamentary
elections
The law should prescribe effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for third-party campaigning and an effective mechanism for enforcement, including discontinuation of the unlawful campaign activity and removal of campaign materials.
Recommendation # in final report:
22
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Montenegro
2023
Early election
Parliamentary
elections
To safeguard freedom of expression, defamation should be fully decriminalized and the legal provisions related to false information should be reviewed in line with international standards.
Recommendation # in final report:
23
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Montenegro
2023
Early election
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure effective oversight of campaign coverage the Agency for Electronic Media should be mandated to oversee the compliance of broadcast media with election-related provisions and provided with sufficient sanctioning and enforcement powers.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Montenegro
2023
Early election
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure equal and fair representation of national minorities, election legislation should provide clear guidance on criteria for granting the status of a national minority candidate list, to ensure that the special provisions for such a list cannot be abused.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of National Minorities
Secondary thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Participation of National Minorities
Montenegro
2018
EOM
Presidential
The SEC should operate and adopt its decisions with the legally required quorum. Additional measures to safeguard integrity, impartiality and professionalism of the election administration could be taken to avoid politicization of decision-making. The role of authorized representatives at all levels of election administration needs to be clarified and consideration given to limiting their involvement in decision-making.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Montenegro
2016
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Measures to safeguard impartiality and professionalism of the election administration could be taken, particularly to address potential conflicts of interests and avoid political tension. Consideration could be given to requiring members to sign a code of conduct to help ensure their impartiality, professionalism and neutrality. More efforts could be made to further increase the human and operational capacities of the SEC.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Montenegro
2018
EOM
Presidential
To increase transparency and to earn public trust, SEC should allow access of media to all its meetings. The SEC and MECs should publish all relevant documents and decisions on their websites in a timely manner.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Administration
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