Political Public Opinion, June 2008

JUNE’S KEY FIGURES
Period June 25-July 5, 2008
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Confidence in institutions: 1. Serbian Orthodox Church; 2. President of Montenegro; 3. Government of Montenegro; 4. Montenegrin Police; 5. Montenegrin Parliament; 7. Montenegrin Judiciary; 7. Montenegrin Orthodox Church; 8. Political Parties in Montenegro.

Satisfaction with the Government of Montenegro: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 28.8%; very dissatisfied 26.6%; mostly satisfied 18.7%; mostly dissatisfied 16.4%; very satisfied 9.5%.

Confidence in politicians and public persons: 1. Vanja CALOVIC (Director of the Network for Affirmation of Nongovernmental Sector MANS); 2. Filip VUJANOVIC (President of the Republic); 3. Milo DUKANOVIC (Prime Minister); 4. Gordana DUROVIC (Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration); 5. Srdan MILIC (President of the Socialist People’s Party SNP); 6. Vujica LAZOVIC (Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy); 7. Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC (President of the Movement for Changes PzP); 8. Andrija MANDIC (President of the Serb People’s Party SNS); 9. Ranko KRIVOKAPIC (President of the Parliament); 10. Ranko KADIC (President of the Democratic Serb Party DSS); (...) 18. Rafet HUSOVIC (President of the Bosnjak Party BS).

Membership in the EU: YES 70.8%; NO 12.1%.

Membership in NATO: NO 46.7%; YES 26.3%.

Co-operation with The Hague Tribunal: YES 46.1%; NO 31.2%.

Montenegro allies in the area of foreign policy: European Union 23.1%*; Serbia 22.4%*; Russia 15.4%*; United States of America 8.2%*; Montenegrin foreign policy should not depend on someone 19.3%.
*yes absolutely.

THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (CEDEM) is a NGO established as a non-profitable association of citizens, of which main goal is to advance and spread conscience on importance of proper and successful democratic transition; to research, analyze and follow process of transition; to influence by its activities, as much as it is possible, on transitional process in Montenegro; to contribute in strengthening of civil society and democratization process as a whole.

“Montenegrin Public Opinion” is one of the most important CEDEM’s projects. In the period 1999-2006, the NGO has conducted 26 surveys. Most of them (20 in total), as individual projects, were dedicated to certain aspects of the reform process in Montenegro or to especially topical issues within Montenegrin society.

CEDEM’s Department for Empiric Researches, in charge of the project “Montenegrin Public Opinion”, is headed by Veselin Pavićević, Ph.D., Professor of Law specialised in Electoral Systems and Election Law at the Faculty of Economy in Podgorica.