My intention was to supplement some of my earlier views on the Draft Spatial Plan of Montenegro - our mother - until 2040 this Saturday - but it turned out that the views of the Prime Minister Spajić and mine in that matter completely match - the prime minister said, I will paraphrase, that it will take at least a year for the so-called put the umbrella planning document of our country in order - to bring them to a better knowledge of (European) rights, I would add, from my side - so I said that there is no need to insist at this moment - so, regarding the NPPCG, on this occasion I would limit myself to the statement that in Montenegro, at the moment, there is no available staff - which primarily refers to spatial planners, and then also to members of other professions - therefore, there are no learned and experienced people who know planning standards and practices in the EU and who would know how to compare the future PPCG with European practices and standards - which somewhat contradicts the fact that here, almost without exception, we swear by the EU, at least declaratively.
So I took to dealing with a shameful purpose Rakčević to build a hotel (****) right on the roundabout in Block V, that is, in Block VI (Meše Selimovića, Blaža Jovanovića) - that is, the fact that Ivan Vukovic, the former mayor, sold the Rakčevićs a plot of land (most likely owned by the Capital City, and maybe also owned by the state, you never know, I have to check it) which also includes part of the aforementioned roundabout - only to find out that the story is more complex than I thought - and since I haven't learned that either yet Maskovic "Information on the need to suspend further investment activities on urban plot 1, Block 19, within the scope of the Detailed Urban Planning Plan "Residential Community VI Kruševac dio", cadastral plots 1141/17, 1142/29, 1142/6, 1142/16/1144/5 ("Official Gazette of Montenegro - Municipal Regulations" No. 09/18) in Podgorica" - Information adopted by the GGPG Assembly at the VI session held on August 3 of the current year - I concluded that it is not realistic that that story - the first chapter of that story - I'm packing for this Saturday.
So I tried, God is my witness, to ignore - in order - all the historical events that our highest officials have arranged for us in the last few days - and all in the hope that I will be able to maintain a perfect mental balance - and I fell for this one ( common) photo of the outgoing Minister of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism - Mrs Novaković Đurović - and the incoming Minister of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property - Mr Odović - and I couldn't resist, I couldn't resist, without (for) throwing a comment...
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So what's going on in this amazing photo?
Let's say that Mr. Odović, the incoming minister, shot right at the outgoing minister - right into the Ministry, right into her/his cabinet - uninvited and unannounced - with the Montenegrin flag (and its massive stand) in right hand.
Maybe some of you will think that flowers - and a bottle of Baileys Chocolat Luxe - fresh Irish dairy cream, smooth Irish whiskey, other spirits and tasty Belgian chocolate - would be attributes more appropriate for the occasion - but Odović's mindset is definitely not set that way. Odović is not one of those - flowers & candy - characters. All that Odović wanted was to plant the flag in his cabinet - regardless of everything - regardless of the quite certain fact that Mrs. Novaković Đurović did not invite Mr. Odović to take over the position and the associated premises - which means that Mr. Odović found Mrs. Novaković Đurović just at the moment of moving out - at a very delicate moment - which was by no means out of place - and which a gentleman should never allow himself to do.
And since Mr. Odović - although very presentable and very well-mannered, as the Croatian sisters and Croatian brothers would say - is definitely not one of those who are able to fascinate with their aura - with their appearance, manners, open spirit, composure, helpfulness, kindness - and especially witty - hence, I suppose, the flag-banner and its massive stand as an attribute.
What happened, I assume, was that immediately after Odović's sudden appearance at the door of her office - still her office - which was a kind of event, filled with all kinds of signifiers - Mrs. Novaković Đurović still recovered her composure - and very decisively hit the block friend Odović at the door itself.
Please, Mr. Odović, says Mrs. Novaković Đurović, if it is possible for one photo together? Right there on the spot. Why not, says Mr. Odović... And now I am asking you, colleague Odović, to leave and come tomorrow. I think I'll be able to pack up and leave the room by three in the afternoon. I'll let you know when I'm out, anyway. And I would ask you to take that flag of yours out of the room...
All that was needed was for Mr. Spajić, the Prime Minister, to appear out of nowhere, to sweep the doors of incoming Minister Odović and outgoing Minister Novaković Đurović...
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And so, we saw off Mrs. Ana Novaković Đurović - the first, if I'm not mistaken, minister of planning, urbanism and everything else related to our profession in the millennial history of Montenegro...
There will be some, I have no doubt, who will shed a tear - but when the line is drawn, I'm afraid there will be nothing to remember the outgoing minister for. I have no doubt that the outgoing minister would still insist on a few moments - the mentioned Draft of the Spatial Plan of Montenegro until the far and far away year 2040, a set of drafts of new new laws (three pieces: planning, construction and legalization of illegal construction), etc. - but I still stand firm on the point of view that the minister had neither the will, nor the strength, nor the legitimacy - just as the entire Dritanova technical government - to deal systematically and seriously with serious systemic problems.
So, between that first photo of Minister Novaković Đurović and Prime Minister Dritan Abazović - on the student stone, at the end of April or early May last year, a few days after Mrs. Novaković Đurović took office - and this second photo, with Mr. Odović, probably on the door of her office - hardly anything worth mentioning happened.
The question, on the other hand, is how much room will the incoming minister have for serious systemic moves - if we know that his mandate is limited to one year, until December next year, when, God willing, he will take over the Department of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property staff from the ZBCG coalition.
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