Albanian Alliance MP Ilir Capuni said last night that Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, in response to his parliamentary question regarding the Ulcinj Saltworks and its fate, briefly and clearly said that ideas and forces for the development of Ulcinj should come from Ulcinj, not from Podgorica. .
"The salt pan for Montenegro is one of the keys to the door to the EU. The layers of problems accumulated since 2005 have obscured interests in this territory and obscured the path to a solution. There are legal paths and there is a will to follow those paths in order to protect the nature of the salt pan and improve the value that Ulcinj has for the benefit of its citizens and the whole of Montenegro," said Čapuni.
He stated that Spajić verbally announced that the time when Podgorica, i.e. the capital city, dictated the vision of the development of municipalities is over.
"This short answer brings hope and the obligation to plan and take the first steps right now, during budget planning, towards closing Chapter 27 of the negotiations with the EU, towards opening a new natural and economic resource of Ulcinj, and towards opening new opportunities for new visions," he said. Chapuni.
He said that the positive report from the EU for this year should motivate and oblige everyone.
"In the coming days, with the workers and all interested parties, with the Government and the relevant ministries, we will initiate the necessary dialogue in the direction of solving this problem, which will open the door to the EU," Capuni concluded.
At the prime minister's hour on Wednesday, Spajić assessed that the problem of the Ulcinj Saltworks is a complex one, which is supported by the fact that the state, including the municipality, has been without an appropriate solution for decades.
"The Ulcinj Saltworks, a former economic giant, is one of the most attractive habitats for birds, a tourist attraction, a nature park, and today it is another victim of the transition, together with those who tied their existence to its potential. This is the shame of Montenegro, and the image and opportunity of the value of a system that subordinated everything, but everything, to the personal interests of privileged individuals. Because who cares about biodiversity if it's suitable burgher land. From the decision to sell Solana for EUR 800 to this point, nothing has been done in the interest of preserving its value and valorizing its potential," Spajić emphasized, among other things.
The Center for the Protection and Study of Birds (CZIP) strongly reacted to Spajić's presentation, stating that the prime minister does not know where his ticket to the European Union is.
"Prime Minister Spajić, having arrived completely unprepared for the prime minister's hour, to MP Ilir Čapuni's questions about the state's vision regarding the Ulcinj salt pan, showed a maximum, not at all charming but nonchalant attitude towards this area, unaware that it was Montenegro's ticket to the European Union. By shifting the responsibility to the sleepy and lethargic local self-government, which has not been able to establish a governing body for 5 years, he only showed that he is not aware that the Ulcinj Saltworks is one of the final benchmarks for the closure of Chapter 27. This ultimately means that without its functionality, Crna Gora will not join the union that the Prime Minister promises. "The birds on the branch and even those from Podgorica know that the issue of preserving the Ulcinj salt pan is a matter of national importance," the CZIP announced.
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