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THE COUNTRY: HUMAN RIGHTS<br />
MANIPULATION WITH LEGAL ACTS<br />
Law amendments for electoral purposes<br />
Since independence, Montenegro has had four laws on amnesty, in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2013.<br />
It is indicative that each law coincides with the election cycle. Elections and a referendum took place<br />
in 2006, elections for the President of Montenegro in 2008, local elections in Podgorica, municipalities<br />
Bar, Bijelo Polje, Danilovgrad, Žabljak, Kolašin, Plav, Plužine, Pljevlja, Rožaje, Šavnik, and<br />
Gusinje took place in 2010. The last Law on amnesty was adopted in a non-election year, after the<br />
initiative of the Socialist People’s Party (SNP), so that this law could not be misused as was the case<br />
in earlier elections.<br />
Frequent adoption of amnesty laws makes the sanction policy pointless, because prisoners do<br />
not round up the resocialization process to the needed extent. On the other side, there is a lack<br />
of consultations with psychologists, sociologists, and other professionals on the negative impact<br />
of frequent amnesties on victims, families of victims, and overall society.<br />
Often adopting of amnesty laws makes sanctioning policy pointless<br />
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