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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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