Montenegro’s governing coalition gets no-confidence vote from the parliament amid weeks-long internal disputes and a political stalemate in the Balkan country
Parliamentary motion was supported by the lion's share of the opposition along with some members of the ruling coalition.
"Things are not working. It is our responsibility to offer a solution and move to a new stage of development for the sake of the country's European future," said parliamentarian Milos Konatar, a member of the ruling coalition, ahead of the vote. Krivokapic, a 63-year-old former engineer and professor, rose from relative obscurity to lead the opposition coalition that overthrew decades of socialist-led rule led by the country's powerful President Milo Djukanovic.
The tiny country along the Adriatic has long been plagued by disputes over identity, including a recent clash last year when protesters calling themselves "Montenegrin patriots" tried to prevent the inauguration of a new leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro.