There will be no elections in Budva, Rađenović is the only candidate for mayor

And while the Budva opposition is unanimous that after the resignations of the leaders of the Municipality, President Rajko Kuljača and Vice President Dragan Marović, the current parliamentary convocation should be immediately dissolved, because it has lost its legitimacy, and local elections should be called, in the ruling DPS they believe that there is no question of this, and that they will elect a new mayor soon.

In my opinion, they made a moral, humane, good move when it comes to the future functioning of the Municipality of Budva

In my opinion, they made a moral, humane, good move when it comes to the future functioning of the Municipality of Budva. It is certain that they assumed that the continued existence of this situation, which existed until yesterday, would have negative consequences for the executive power.

For these reasons, they decided on what they decided on, and we now have to do what the law allows us, given that we have a majority in the parliament, to find the best solutions within the limits of our capabilities and our personnel and in this way continue normally the functioning of local self-government", said the president of Budva DPS Boro Lazović for "Vijesti".

The opposition's request is unfounded

Lazović considers the opposition's request that it is time to call local elections unfounded.

"There is not even a word about the elections, they were a year ago and there is no need for that. A session of the Municipal Assembly will be scheduled very soon, at which a new president will be elected, who will be entrusted with setting up a new team and managing the municipality. Everything happened quickly , we only found out about the resignations last night, we haven't had a meeting of the municipal board yet.

Before us is the phase of agreement, what and how to move forward. I think that Kuljača had his own team, I assume that the future candidate will have his own team, and that there will be certain changes in some other official positions.

According to Lazović, the best candidate is the current vice-president of the Municipality, Lazar Rađenović, who has been the acting mayor for the past three months.

Asked if they were thinking about who could sit in Kuljaca's chair, Lazović said that his personal opinion is that the best candidate is the current vice president of the municipality, Lazar Radjenović, who has been acting mayor for the past three months.

"That is my position, because he has shown in this short time that he can lead the municipality," said Lazović.

The resignations of Kuljaca and Marović are logical

The head of the SNP committee club, Miomir Pejović, believes that with the resignation of Kuljača, who was the leader of the list in the last local elections, the parliamentary majority lost its legitimacy.

"I consider the resignations of Kuljača and Marović to be the most logical sequence of events. Bearing in mind that Kuljača was also the holder of the list in the previous elections, the current convocation of the Municipal Council no longer has the legitimacy to elect another President of the Municipality.

Our party expects from the head of the local parliament, Krsto Ljubanović, that at the first next session, when the resignations of the president and vice president are confirmed, he will simultaneously launch an initiative to shorten the mandate of the current convocation of the SO. The current ruling majority must not be allowed the luxury of re-electing the municipal president, because they took him into custody because of their way of understanding," said Pejović with a request to Ljubanović to schedule a session of the local parliament as soon as possible.

Resignations part of political trade

Budva PzP leader Stevan Džaković believes that elections are the only solution, and he points out that resignations are part of political trade.

The leader of the Budva PzP, Stevan Džaković, believes that elections are the only solution, and points out that resignations are part of political trade.

According to the latest information from the Parliamentary Service, the session of the local parliament, which was supposed to be held at the beginning of this month, but was prolonged due to the census, could be held after the Easter holidays.

Rađenović will succeed Kuljača

Rađenović, as confirmed to Vijesti from several sources in the DPS, is for now the only candidate for the position of first man of Budva. As things stand now, Rađenović will be offered that position, and he will be given a free hand to form a new cabinet, with new secretaries and chiefs.

Three mayors resign in 10 years

The resignations of the first people of the metropolis of tourism have apparently become a common political practice, so in the past decade alone, as many as three mayors have retired from their chairs at their personal request.

The mayor of Budva, Vesna Radunović, was the first to resign, who came to the head of Budva in 2002 in front of the coalition of the then LSCG and pro-Serbian parties.

After a year and a half in power, Radunović resigned for personal reasons, and Rade Jovanović, also a member of the Liberal Party, took her place. Even Jovanović did not stay in the presidential position for long, so after the collapse of the coalition, he left that position.

Kuljača, for whom this was his second mandate, and had the legitimacy to remain in that position until 2013, also submitted his resignation for personal reasons.