I promised you that the Manj Government would experience shipwreck in Vasojevići, announced the President of Democratic Montenegro, Aleksa Bečić, addressing the Third Electoral Convention of the Municipal Organization Demokrata Bar.
It was announced from Democratic Montenegro that that party in Bar, with the presence of over 700 delegates, held the Third Electoral Convention of the Municipal Organization Demokrata Bar, where the third convocation of the Municipal Board, which has 91 members, was elected.
"On the election night when we celebrated the victory, I promised you that in Berane nothing would be asked of either the DPS (Democratic Party of Socialists) or the SNP (Socialist People's Party). And I kept that promise. But it is not the product of any personal animosity, but the fruit the need for political treason always and in every place to be punished and defeated," Bečić pointed out.
The statement of the Democrats adds that "Bečić told yesterday's coalition partners who are now with the DPS, and who are threatening to topple the government in Nikšić and Mojkovac, to ask them for their experience if it is worth changing the will of the citizens."
"Ask the DPS about the Budva experience from June and July 2020, after which the DPS more convincingly lost both the parliamentary and local elections due to the coup they directed. Ask them if it is worth cheating and attacking the people of Montenegro. Please, ask them if it is. I hope that through them you have also learned, and if you haven't, if you need a double lesson, just go ahead, but it will cost more than it cost them, because no one will stop this streak that started with Berane, I guarantee that, I give you my word," Bečić said.
He said "it is not good for serious people to whine about positions and armchairs.
"The SNP held power in Plužine without the Democrats and other coalition partners, but no one heard the Democrats crying for positions," said Bečić.
He said he has good international contacts.
"Montenegro is by far in the best position at the moment. We have opened all negotiation chapters, we have a coordinated foreign policy, a coordinated monetary policy, we have no open issues with our neighbors. We just need a little internal cohesion, rationality and reason so that after all these and the latest geopolitical movement, let's take advantage of a great chance. The EU will be a complete story only when the entire Western Balkans is integrated into that big family, but the other countries are not even close to the stage in the accession process that Montenegro is at," said Bečić.
He also said that most of the countries of the Western Balkans have not even started the negotiation process, and that a large part of them have difficult open questions.
"Montenegro has a great chance. Why am I telling you this? To understand and understand and to analyze well all these different, nebulous regional initiatives, because they should not hinder Montenegro, because Montenegro has its own goal and has its own direction. And when you hear these ideas, first think about security. You see that even with closed borders, Montenegro still has serious problems with the routes of organized crime. Who wouldn't want open borders and for people to move freely. That's why we strive for the EU. But that's exactly why that's why we need to meet certain criteria, to strengthen the institutions so that we can afford that luxury. And now imagine that one Monday, suddenly, on a shortcut, without ready institutions, without countries where we have the rule of law, the borders are opened in the entire Balkans. What would that mean for small Montenegro in terms of security? A big risk and challenge. Not to mention the economy. Our small, vulnerable economy is not competitive, so even now we have our domestic agricultural producers suffering because of import lobbies," said Bečić.
In his words, "even now, when we have customs duties and very rigorous phytosanitary conditions for the transit of goods, we are in a situation where our agricultural producer is often suffocated, and what would happen if we left him in a kind of gust of wind?"
"Never forget, and thirdly, our borders and our sovereignty and territorial integrity. We have to take care of that, because Montenegro must never allow itself to be a training ground or cheap change for some slightly bigger scams. I'm telling you that Montenegro has a big chance, that he should use it because we, with our size, cannot disturb any flows in the Union, and that's why I promised you the next steps. In six months, the Democrats become a member of the most powerful political group in Europe, the European People's Party, after that we win in the extraordinary parliamentary elections, and after that Montenegro will become the first next member of the European Union. I want, support and fight for us to be brothers and friends with Belgrade, Sarajevo, Tirana, Skopje and all other regional centers , but on the principles of respect and appreciation. But if someone wants to build a friendship, and before that he puts you in a position of dependent personal relationship and that this is a prerequisite for friendship, then that someone is in trouble. Friends and partners yes, but servants never to anyone. Neither we to them, nor they to us. It's brotherly when it's equal and with respect," said Bečić.
He added that he is talking about this in order to understand some different actions, how some governments were overthrown and how others were created.
"Today, some have to repay a debt to one regional leader, a little to another regional leader, on the third week to the local ruler for decades, and on the fourth week to some informal power center because you accept that someone puts you in an enviable position. Well, if they didn't have such partnerships or servitude, Montenegro should be led by free people, because a free man, an honest man will always respect even the smallest actor in his country, and always talk to the president of America on an equal footing. This is the policy that I stand for, because no one has ever done me anything yes, and that's why I can think rationally and decide together with you with my own head, and that's why I will always make decisions that I will be a servant of the people of Montenegro," said Bečić. The announcement also says that Bečić congratulated the third convocation of the Municipal Committee of Democrats Bar.
"Congratulations to the third convocation, which has been significantly strengthened, congratulations to the re-elected president, ours and yours, Dragan Tufegdžić, who leads this committee on the path of progress, progress, and you will see, also on the path of a great victory in the next local elections. Congratulations to our great committee club led by Momo Leković, who were so politically dominant these four years, were so responsible, so dedicated, thorough, so efficient, that they really recommended us in the best possible way to lead this beautiful municipality in the next four years," said Bečić. Democratic Montenegro also said that Bečić "congratulated the Berane Democratic Committee on the successfully completed negotiations regarding the formation of the local government, as well as Damjan Ćulafić, who will be the vice president for the first two years, and the president of the Berane municipality for the next two years, and Novica Obradović, who will continue to be the president of the Berane Municipal Assembly for the next four years".
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