The Podgorica committee of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) called on the authorities in the capital city to urgently implement the obligation to elect leaders of local communities in accordance with the new Decision on local communities.
The Secretary of the Board, Jadranka Vojinović, reminded that the Capital City was years late in adopting a new decision on local communities.
"For this reason, within the framework of the parliamentary dialogue on creating conditions for fair and free elections, initiated by the president of the SDP, the urgent adoption of the decision on local communities was requested and thus the fulfillment of a clear legal obligation," stated Vojinović in the announcement.
According to her, after the Capital finally adopted the decision due to political pressure from the opposition participants of the Parliamentary Dialogue, after years of procrastination, now the process of postponing its application is being obstructed again.
"It is completely clear to SDP Podgorica that these obstructions by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) are aimed at only one goal - preventing the establishment of adequate infrastructure that will enable fair and free elections," said Vojinović.
It is clear, as she stated, that the DPS of local communities, which belong to all citizens equally, wants to continue using them as their mini-election headquarters through which they intend to carry out electoral fraud, in the manner described in the Snimak affair and numerous international reports about Montenegro. .
"The SDP particularly warns the public that the activities of the DPS in the capital were under special scrutiny and in the latest European Commission Report on Montenegro, which stated that the DPS bought ID cards in the local elections in Podgorica in 2014," Vojinović said. .
She said that, bearing all this in mind, SDP Podgorica will monitor the activities of the city authorities with special attention in the upcoming period until the parliamentary elections.
"Because possible election abuses in almost a third of Montenegro would definitely destroy the already fragile trust in the democratic election process," Vojinović added.
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