Positive Montenegro ( cnr, italic=no, Pozitivna Crna Gora; Позитивна Црна Гора) was a
centrist
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,
social-liberal
Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...
political party
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in
Montenegro
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. The party was founded in May 2012 by former environmental activist
Darko Pajović.
History
In the
2012 parliamentary elections, PCG became an opposition parliamentary party, winning 8.4% of popular vote, and 7 seats in Parliament. However, during its first parliamentary mandate the Party went through significant turbulence. During 2013 due to disagreement with the leadership of the party, one MP has stopped being a member of the party. In 2014, the Party encountered a big split, when three (of six remaining) party MPs left the party due to disagreements with party leader Pajović, after which
Mladen Bojanić
Mladen Bojanić ( cyrl, Младен Бојанић; born 14 October 1962) is a Montenegrin economist, politician and former MP. He was one of the founders and former secretary general of socially liberal Positive Montenegro (PCG) party. He ran f ...
became an independent MP, and other two
Dritan Abazović
Dritan Abazović (, sq, Dritan Abazi; born 25 December 1985) is a Montenegrin politician who has been the prime minister of Montenegro since 28 April 2022. An ethnic Albanian, he heads the United Reform Action party. He previously served as d ...
and Miloš Konatar was involved in the foundation of the new centre-left political party
United Reform Action
The Civic Movement United Reform Action ( cnr, Građanski pokret Ujedinjena reformska akcija / Грађански покрет Уједињена реформска акција), commonly known as simply United Reform Action, or by its abbreviati ...
(URA).
In 2016 a fourth MP left the party and resigned as an MP due to disagreement with the party's decision to support Prime Minister Đukanović and his cabinet. On 27 January 2016, despite formerly being an opposition party, PCG provided the ruling
Democratic Party of Socialists
The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro ( cnr, Демократска партија социјалиста Црне Горе, Demokratska partija socijalista Crne Gore, DPS) is a populist political party in Montenegro. A former long-tim ...
(DPS) with 3 votes necessary to win the government confidence vote, after the junior partner
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
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(SDP) left the government due to allegations of electoral fraud and political corruption, therefore forming a new ruling majority. Following this vote, national media and other opposition parties accused the party for deceiving and betraying its voters in order to save Prime Minister
Đukanović. In turn, in June 2016 Pajović was appointed as the President of the Parliament, position formerly held by
Ranko Krivokapić (SDP), and held the position until October 2016.
Pajovic, Jasavic i Tuponja spasili Đukanovića, izdali birače
Vijesti (January 2016)
After PCG lost its parliamentary status at the October 2016 parliamentary election in which it won 1.32% of the votes, Pajović announced his resignation as the party leader, leaving Vice President Azra Jasavić to serve as acting President until the next party congress. The scheduled congress did not take place, former party president Pajović leave the PCG membership, prior 2018 when he took office as Montenegrin ambassador to China, as did acting president Jasavić shortly after, leaving the status of the party leadership unclear, and the party in the de facto process of dissolution. Party eventually dissolved prior to 2020.[Jasavić tvrdi da nije Pozitivna](_blank)
Vijesti, 11 October 2019
Legislative elections
Positions held
Major positions held by the Positive Montenegro members:
References
Political parties established in 2012
2012 establishments in Montenegro
Social liberal parties
Pro-European political parties in Montenegro
2019 disestablishments in Montenegro
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