Support for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of five or ten percent is a much stronger guarantee of the defense of the country's fundamental values than someone else's 20 or 30 percent, said Bojan Zeković, an official of that party and a candidate for deputy.
He assessed that a lot of the votes of the sovereignist bloc will be lost and that a part will be sent to subjects who, unfortunately, have no chance of passing the electoral census.
"You can see from the aspect of post-election mathematics that the votes sent to the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) were, unfortunately, lost, because everyone publicly says that they do not want to coalition with the DPS at any cost," Zeković said in an interview with the MINA agency.
He said that only the SDP can be a strong pro-sovereign structure in the future government.
Zeković stated that citizens with the SDP have a guarantee that that party will be part of the only government that is honest, that guarantees the civil and secular character of society and is strongly oriented towards Western values and an accelerated European path, or it will be the opposition.
"We are a guarantee, we are not just saying, but we have proven it, that we can only be part of that government that guarantees the achievement of our political goals, or we will be the opposition to the government," Zeković added.
He said that he thinks that two SDP MPs offered more resistance to politics after August 30, 2020, than someone else's 30th.
"And that's why we still say today that five or ten percent of support for the SDP is a much stronger defense of the values we are fighting for, than someone else's 20 or 30," Zeković said, adding that politics is not all about numbers.
Answering the question of who he sees as possible potential partners, he said that SDP, unlike others, does not have to make promises about such things.
"We are tested in terms of who we can work with and what we want to do, because we left the government several times when it did not achieve our program goals, and refused to be part of the government, and the most recent example is 2020," Zeković said.
He added that they were the opposition to the DPS and that, when the position won power, they were invited to be part of the executive power and refused, because they believed that this political majority could not bring good to Montenegro.
"So, citizens are safe with us, unlike others. I would like to remind you that a few months ago Mr. (Milo) Đukanović said that, unlike others, he does not rule out Andrija Mandić as a partner. "We don't see a partner in Mandić," said Zeković.
Answering the question of whether they would agree to a coalition with the Europe Now Movement, to a coalition with the URA and the Democrats, he said that he believed that those who are now on the electoral list with them after the announcement of the election results would not join the URA. let alone someone else.
"But I repeat, the SDP has shown the strength to change its opponents as well. "Is there any greater success in politics than when your opponents become your followers", said Zeković.
Speaking about going to the elections independently, he said that they made a brave decision, guided above all by the state's interest, not by the party's interest.
"Because if we had thought differently, it would have been much simpler for us to take guaranteed mandates and have an easier campaign," Zeković added.
He assessed that not a small part of civil sovereignist voters have significant odium towards DPS because of all the policies they had in the previous period.
When asked if he believes that the SDP will enter the parliament, he answered in the affirmative.
“Absolutely. This is already the fifth election at the state level, the third parliamentary, the second presidential, in which we are participating independently. "All this time, they are pushing the story of the strength of the SDP," Zeković said.
He reminded that a few days ago they marked a third of a century of existence on the political scene, which, he added, few political entities can boast about.
"With all the mistakes made by each of us on an individual level, let alone a collective for several decades, I can say without false modesty that all periods when the SDP was in power were periods of strong movement of Montenegro in the right direction, and all periods when "we were the opposition willingly, there were periods of stagnation or the decline of the state," Zeković believes.
Answering the question of how difficult it will be to form a government after everything that happened, he said that it is certain that the government will be a coalition, the only question is how many subjects will make it up.
Asked how difficult it will be to form a government after all the accusations made by some political entities, Zeković said "if they were talking about some other people, they would say it would be almost impossible".
"A few months ago, (Dritan) Abazović and (Aleksa) Bečić had such exchanges, not of criticism, but of accusations of crime," said Zeković.
As he added, if you look at the history of mutual relations, anything is possible.
"But we also have new subjects. "I believe that if (Milojko) Spajić ends up with them again after the election after such accusations against him, it is possible that they are right about him," Zeković said.
He said that Montenegro needs political stability in order to be able to devote itself to topics related to the quality of life for citizens, to better and accessible and timely health care for all, and better education.
"When was the last time you heard in the public space that someone mentioned the negotiation chapter," Zeković asked.
He asked whether we are dealing with matters that are fundamentally important for the state, or whether politics has been reduced to mutual accusations of current and possibly future coalition partners.
Zeković, answering the question whether he is afraid that the election day could be problematic considering the latest events related to reports of bombs in schools and some institutions, said "that we are slowly starting to get used to that level of abnormality".
He said that, nevertheless, he believes that there is a minimum of reason and "that they are not ready to go into further radicalization these few days until the election".
"Because after the change of the 30-year-old government, which some thought was impossible to pass in a peaceful way, we now come to the paradox that a person who was the Prime Minister of the Government for only a few months in a regular term, is so difficult to separate from the position at a price complete destabilization, not only of the political, but of the entire security system," said Zeković.
Asked how the latest events can affect the voting of citizens, the final results of the elections and regrouping on the political scene, he said that there are two levels of the story.
One, as he stated, is the unprecedented abuse of state and security institutions in the election process by the deposed prime minister.
The second, as he said, is the political segment of mutual accusations.
"Until now, we have never had a situation where such important matters are so unscrupulously manipulated and misused during the election period itself," Zeković said.
He reminded that Abazović convened the National Security Council a few days ago.
"Which he did not convene even when his first associate was arrested, the alleged anti-corruption fighter, whom the Prosecutor's Office suspects of smuggling tobacco, and who, again together with Abazović, fictitiously burned in that performance," stated Zeković.
He added that Abazović did not convene the Council after the tragedy in Cetinje, nor when the assistant director of the Police Directorate was arrested, nor when the directors of the National Intelligence Agency and the Police Directorate were replaced, but he did when he received a letter from a Korean.
"I do not go into the merits of the accusations, whether Spajić is guilty or not. That should be determined by the judicial authorities, and not that the entire security sector should be placed at the service of one man in order to get a few tenths of a vote before the elections," Zeković repeated.
He said that "what we have on the scene today is deeply collapsing the entire political system."
"Because apart from Abazović accusing Spajić of being corrupt and illegally financed from the outside, they reply to him that they have recordings that he knew and participated in cigarette smuggling with (Rado) Milošević," Zeković said.
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