MEC Pljevlja: Groundless objection of the coalition gathered around DPS

DPS with its coalition partners BS, SD, and SDP filed a complaint with the Oštinje Election Commission in Pljevlja last night, half an hour before the legal deadline, because they allege violations of voting rights during the elections held on October 23 at two smaller polling stations in the villages of Potpeće and Neighbors

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Illustration, Photo: Screenshot/TV Vijesti
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The municipal election commission rejected as unfounded the objection of the coalition gathered around the Democratic Party of Socialists. As President of the MEC in Pljevlja Čedo Gospić told the News, the decision was made unanimously.

"The applicant has the right to object to the decision of the Municipal Commission within 72 hours," said Gospić.

The Democratic Party of Socialists with its coalition partners BS, SD, and SDP submitted a complaint to the Oštinje Election Commission in Pljevlja last night, half an hour before the legal deadline, due to alleged violations of voting rights during the elections held on October 23 at two smaller polling stations in the villages. Potpeće and Premćani.

In the objections, they state that the conditions for voting by persons with disabilities are not provided in those places, which was emphasized during the briefing.

"At some polling stations, voters were moved in such a way that members of the same household voted at different polling stations, in the immediate vicinity of the polling station, in the immediate vicinity of the polling station pressure was exerted on the voters and on the members of the polling committees, the use of mobile phones at the polling stations was recorded places, as well as occurrences of violations of the voting procedure by letter. On the basis of the above, we propose to the Municipal Election Commission of the Municipality of Pljevlja to issue a decision on repeating the election at polling station number 31 of the house of Ljubiša Jović and polling station 56 of the house of Boško Vojinović", it is stated in the speech submitted by the Coalition gathered around the Democratic Party of Socialists.

After the Municipal Election Commission rejected the complaint, the applicant has the right to appeal to the State Election Commission, and against the decision of the SEC rejecting or rejecting the complaint, an appeal can be filed with the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, which currently does not have a quorum for decision-making.

The President of the Municipal Committee of the Democrats, Nikola Rovčanin, said earlier that the intention of the DPS coalition, which was convincingly defeated in the local elections in Pljevlja, is to obstruct the process of replacing the local government, relying on the blocking of institutions, namely the Constitutional Court, which is more than obvious.

"An objection was submitted to the MEC with a blanket explanation of the alleged abuses with a request to repeat the elections at two small polling stations. However, the fact that the intention is not pure is confirmed by the fact that I found out that there is not a single remark of the representative of this coalition in the minutes of voting from those polling stations", said Rovčanin.

The Democratic Front announced that it could be expected that the political drowned people led by the DPS would engage in open obstruction of the "magnificent electoral victory of the coalition "Democratic Front - For the Future of Pljevlja - Milan Lekić" and other anti-regime political actors".

"Only half an hour before the expiry of the complaint to the Municipal Election Commission of the Municipality of Pljevlja, the coalition "The Right Thing - To Win Pljevlja" lodged a complaint due to alleged irregularities at polling stations 31 (Ljubiša Jović's house) and 56 (Boško Vojinović's house). To make the absurdity even greater, the representatives of all political organizations from those polling stations, including the representatives of the coalition "Prava stvara - Da pobijede Pljevlja", after the voting was over, stated in the minutes that the election process was conducted without irregularities, thus exposing the coup plot to the end the intention of the Pljeval DPS leadership. In this way, the DPS, despised by the people, is trying to grasp at the straw of salvation and, by activating the possibility of appeal to the Constitutional Court, prolong its political existence in Pljevlja. However, just as their irresponsible policy was convincingly defeated in the elections on Sunday, we are more than convinced that the people will also prevent their desperate attempts to suspend the victory of the free citizens of Pljevlja", the statement of the Coalition for the Future of Pljevlja states.

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