At today’s continuation of the of the 53rd meeting of the Administrative Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro of the 25^th Convocation, the Committee reached a Decision on supplements to the Decision on determining the amount, manner and procedure of intended spending of funds allocated to MPs groups forengagement of secretaries and professional consultants in the groups, upon the initiative by the Secretary General of the Parliament of Montenegro.

With regard to the Draft decision on the manner ofengagement of scientific and professional consultants and establishing pays and allowances for their work, submitted by the Secretary General of the Parliament of Montenegro Mr Siniša Stanković, the Committee decided to form a working group composed of Ms Marta Šćepanović, from the parliamentary majority and Milutin Đukanović, from the opposition, and in cooperation with the Secretary General of the Parliament. The Working Group will establish a new Decision on the manner of engagement of scientific and professional consultants and establishing pays and allowances for their work, and it will be considered by the Committee at the next meeting.

The Committee noted that term of office for the three members of the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media (candidates of universities, non-governmental organisations dealing with the protection of human rights and freedoms, and the association of commercial broadcasters) expires on 9 December 2015, and decided to establish the text of the public notice for the appointment of three member of the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media at the next meeting.

With regard to request by MP Radosav Nišavić for giving consent for performing an additional job, the Administrative Committee stated that it did not fall under its competences and – in line with Article 58 paragraph 1 of the Labour Law – it would inform the MP on that.

Following the discussion on the Initiative by the Coalition of NGOs "Through Cooperation to Goals", and with regard to dismissal of Mr Darko M. Ivanović from the duty of a member of the Agency for Electronic Media, the Committee unanimously confirmed its earlier position and decided to inform the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media about that.

In line with Article 55 paragraph 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Montenegro, MP Mladen Bojanić – as interested MP - participated in the work of the Committee, within the first item of the agenda.