The announced project of the Big Beach in Ulcinj raises the question of whether the Government is turning Montenegro into a continental state, like the one that existed in the 19th century, among the hills and without a sea.
Montenegro is a small country with a coastline of about 200 km. Of that, the total length of the beaches is 52 km. Now the Prime Minister has decided to cede a quarter of those beaches for 99 years, under an urgent procedure, to an investor of an undefined and vague project. And all this while disregarding the prescribed legal procedures. Interestingly, the value of the investment has not been determined, but is being auctioned. It is inflated as needed like a soap bubble. And the reference to public interest is debatable. Because apartments and condo-hotels do not represent public interest. Real hotels are mentioned almost shyly, but they do not provide employment for the local population either. It is known that the owner can employ cheaper labor by bringing it, for example, from the Philippines. This is already being done in our neighborhood. When a fence is built and a gate is put up, access to the sea is closed. What is left for the citizens of Montenegro? The beaches of Jaz, Buljarica, Bečići, Čanj and Sutomore remain. All other beaches, although very beautiful, due to the limited space, are actually bays. This means that not even citizens of Montenegro, let alone tourists, can step on those beaches. The remaining part of the coast is made up of inhabited places and cliffs, which figuratively speaking means that citizens will be able to film themselves next to the coast or jump from the rocks into the sea.
The whole story about this investment is so opaque that it seems conspiratorial. How can we explain that the Government session was held by telephone, at night, as if it were a state of war? Then there is the fact that the future investor officially has a capital of 3,5 billion euros, and for the planned project they are juggling an amount of 35 billion, that is, ten times more. Due to this and other illogicalities, the issue of this investment raises the question of the functioning of the state. If it is known that the state consists of government, territory and population, in this case the element of government cancels out the other two, because it disposes of the territory and ignores the interests of the population.
Before embarking on any new, large project, about which opinions are divided, the Government has a duty to inform citizens how much the state of Montenegro earns annually from the already implemented projects (Porto Montenegro, Portonovi and Luštica Bay). Without this, the question inevitably arises as to who and why is an attractive part of Montenegro's territory being given away.
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