Former official of the Socialist People's Party (SNP), Zoran Žižić, said that he never sought a split in that party, stating that he had no ideological problems with the party leadership. He is reacting to the text "Leaders calculate, voters obey", published in "Vijesti", said that he never called for leaving the SNP membership.
"My conflict with the members of the leadership was neither ideological, intellectual, nor national, but purely technical. I could not believe that the problem was solved by creating a new, even bigger one, and that the opposition, if it cannot go to the elections in one column, should not go not in two, but in three or more of them. I have never supported or been able to implement that practice. I just know that Montenegro is burning with the need for the political scene to change and become wiser. And we can talk about ideology under a plum tree, in the shade." claims Žižić.
Žižić, as he said, still thinks that Milosevic's extradition was unjust and unjustified. "I'm sorry that I couldn't prevent it, and I'm very proud that I didn't contribute even a little to the life drama of that man"
"I'm sorry that I couldn't prevent it, and I'm very proud that I didn't contribute even a little to the life drama of that man. I also know that many in DOS, especially the president Vojisav Koštunica, were understanding of my political, legal and personal attitude according to this problem. It is already a sad history with consequences that I wanted to prevent".
Žižić pointed out that he got into an intra-party conflict with Bulatović because of the policy that the then leader of the SNP led before the 2006 referendum. He explained that the split between him and Bulatović was due to the intention of the former head of the SNP to cause extraordinary local elections in the municipalities where the SNP was in power. Žižić says that at the time he thought that the SNP would do poorly in the repeated elections and thereby undermine the chances of a referendum.
Žižić points out that he joined the Movement for a European Common State of SiCG after Bulatović agreed to an agreement with Javier Solana, according to which the support of 55 percent of the citizens who came out is sufficient for a referendum victory.
"That gift led me to get involved in the formation of the Movement and lead a campaign outside the Bloc for a common state, because I realized that this retreat from the sovereignists leads only in one direction - and that is this place devoid of democracy. Sovereign, but inconvenient," claims Žižić.
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