MONTENEGRO: CITIZENS VOTE IN LANDMARK PRESIDENTIAL



VOTERS IN MONTENEGRO ARE CASTING THEIR BALLOTS IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT ANALYSTS SAY FORMER PRIME MINISTER MILO ĐUKANOVIĆ IS EXPECTED TO WIN AFTER HIS PARTY DEFIED RUSSIA AND TOOK THE SMALL BALKAN COUNTRY INTO NATO LAST YEAR.

THE VOTE IS THE FIRST SINCE MONTENEGRO JOINED THE WESTERN MILITARY ALLIANCE IN DECEMBER. IT IS SEEN AS A TEST FOR ĐUKANOVIĆ, WHO FAVOURS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION OVER CLOSER TIES TO ITS TRADITIONAL ALLY MOSCOW.

ĐUKANOVIĆ, THE COUNTRY’S DOMINANT POLITICIAN, AND HIS POLITICAL PARTY HAS RULED MONTENEGRO FOR NEARLY THIRTY YEARS. THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT, FILIP VUJANOVIĆ, IS NOT RUNNING, DUE TO TERM LIMITS.

ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND VOTERS WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN SEVERAL CANDIDATES.

ĐUKANOVIĆ’S MAIN CHALLENGER IS MLADEN BOJANIĆ, WHO IS BACKED BY SEVERAL OPPOSITION GROUPS, INCLUDING PRO-RUSSIAN PARTIES.

ACCORDING TO POLLS, THE FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD ĐUKANOVIĆ COULD WIN MORE THAN HALF OF THE VOTES AND AVOID A RUNOFF.


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