The Roma Council of Montenegro has initiated a proposal for legal measures to ensure direct political representation of Roma in the Montenegrin parliament.

They suggest implementing a special affirmative action model that includes one parliamentary mandate with a low electoral threshold of 0.35% of valid votes.

The Roma community, despite constitutional guarantees, currently lacks direct representation in parliament, and the Council urges legislative bodies to address this issue before the next parliamentary elections.

Whether this is the right approach can definitively be discuyssed. A few lone Roma PMs will not change anything.

• Šaljaj: Romski savjet uputio inicijativu za poslanički mandat Roma. In: RTNK. 26.10.2026. https://rtnk.me/politika/saljaj-romski-savjet-uputio-inicijativu-za-poslanicki-mandat-roma/