# Milatović is sworn in at the Skupština in Podgorica rather than Cetinje

Date: 2023

## The fact

On 20 May 2023 [Jakov Milatović](/people/jakov-milatovic) took the presidential oath in the Parliament of [Montenegro](/people/luis-montenegro) in Podgorica. HRT recorded that this was the first inauguration away from Cetinje since 1998.

## Context

[Aleksandar Vučić](/people/aleksandar-vucic) attended. [Milo Đukanović](/people/milo-ukanovic) attended as outgoing president and is unresolved. Skipping Cetinje is protocol in an identity-polarised country, not a criminal finding.

Runoff 2 April; oath 20 May; mandate 10 August. Store the oath. Keep Milatović is sworn in at the Skupština in Podgorica rather than Cetinje on 2023-05-20 separate from neighbouring 19 February 2023 DIK rejection of [Spajić](/people/milojko-spajic), 2 April 2023 runoff, 20 May 2023 oath, 10 August 2023 mandate, 31 October 2023 cabinet, and 24 February 2024 Europe Now resignation.

The President of Montenegro is head of state, takes the oath, and nominates a prime-minister designate. He does not sit as the Skupština, as the State Electoral Commission, or as Europe Now’s presidency after 24 February 2024. A 2 April 2023 runoff is not authorship of every later cabinet bargain. A party resignation is not a completed criminal finding unless a court so holds on its own row.

## Evidence and sources

Hrvatska radiotelevizija carries the official instrument or communique. Xinhua / Global Times records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is the completed oath away from Cetinje on the same post-Đukanović presidency, not a [territorial-revisionism](/drivers/territorial-revisionism) row.

## What is established and what is not

Established: He was sworn in at parliament in Podgorica on 20 May 2023, the first such inauguration away from Cetinje since 1998, as recorded by HRT.

Not established: A unique later identity-census integer, or that the venue choice was already a completed constitutional judgment.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

The Skupština hosted. Cetinje did not sit as the venue. Guests did not write the oath.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Milatović is sworn in at the Skupština in Podgorica rather than Cetinje, not a later speech about Milatović is sworn in at the Skupština in Podgorica rather than Cetinje.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Milatović is sworn in at the Skupština in Podgorica rather than Cetinje on 2023-05-20 is not a licence to treat every later Hrvatska radiotelevizija communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Milatović is sworn in at the Skupština in Podgorica rather than Cetinje into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He took the oath. The Skupština hosted. Cetinje did not sit as the venue. Guests did not write the oath. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Jakov Milatović: https://factrail.ai/people/jakov-milatovic

## Drivers

- Milatović post-Đukanović rupture: https://factrail.ai/drivers/milatovic-post-djukanovic

## Sources

- https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202305/1291061.shtml
- https://vijesti.hrt.hr/svijet/milanovic-na-inauguraciji-jakova-milatovica-10786371

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/me-milatovic-oath-podgorica-20230520