Although five councilors of that party in the Podgorica parliament have now left the Europe Movement, which could mathematically threaten the current majority, that will not happen, according to PES, the mayor Oliver Injac and coalition partners.
Injac, who is also the vice-president of PES, told "Vijesta" that the authorities in Podgorica are not threatened by the resignation of a certain number of members of the already dissolved, non-functional city committee of PES, as well as due to the announcement that some councilors in the capital's Assembly will leave the committee club PES.
Injac said that she is convinced that their coalition partners will remain committed to fulfilling their obligations to the citizens, which includes dedicated work on improving the functionality of the Capital City's services, to which, as she said, she has been fully committed since taking office as mayor.
"We do not expect that someone will decide to negotiate with the councilors of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) to reshuffle the government in the capital, because that would raise the issue of responsibility that such a move would cause," said Injac.
According to "Vijesti" information, the Podgorica PES was abandoned by the councilors Nađa Ljiljanić, Ranka Otašević, Dragutin Vučinić, Bojana Savić i Dragan Radovic, and will probably soon leave the committee club. They are close to the former deputy president of the Movement and the head of state Jakov Milatović.
Yesterday, Nađa Ljiljanić, who works in the Office of President Milatović, did not answer the questions of "Vijesti" regarding the departure of the PES club councilor in the capital's Assembly, whether she will withhold confidence from the current government in the capital and, if not, what will depend on her further support of the authorities. Even PES councilor Ranka Otašević, who is Milatović's aunt, did not want to comment on anything yesterday.
Savić told "Vijesta" that the current government in the capital has her trust as long as it works on the program promised to the citizens.
"Nothing will change there for now," said Savić.
Out of 58 council seats in the Assembly of the Capital City, the ruling coalition consisting of PES, parties gathered around the former Democratic Front (NSD, DNP and Nova), Democrats with United Montenegro and GP URA have 34 mandates. A majority requires at least 30 councilors.
President of the club of councilors of the New Serbian Democracy (NSD) Mitar Susic told "Vijesti" that the survival of the authorities in Podgorica should not be threatened by what is happening in any political entity, that is, that everything that happens in any party should be subordinated to the interests of the citizens of Podgorica.
"In this case, it is the stability of the local government. We are ready to cooperate with all those who have a mandate from the citizens, with whom we concluded a coalition agreement and who were part of the winning majority in Podgorica, and we do not want to arbitrate in any case, in the events that concern other political entities. We want them to solve it in a successful way", said Šušić.
Spokesman for the Democrats Mitar Paunović told "Vijesti" that their cooperation with PES has been excellent from the very beginning.
He said that, first of all, they prove this at the state level, but also in a number of municipalities, including Podgorica, and they jointly achieve significant results on a daily basis.
"Having this in mind, but also the cohesion and good relations of our two parties, we do not expect that there can be instability in the capital, a possible break in cooperation, new elections, and especially a reorganization of the government and the inclusion of the Democratic Party of Socialists in it. We are of the opinion that the government in Podgorica is stable and will remain so, and citizens have no reason to worry. We continue with responsible work", Paunović pointed out.
Member of the URA Civic Movement Milena Vuković assessed that "the situation is normal".
"We have seen comments from both PES factions that their support for the city administration will not change, so as long as we have a stable parliamentary majority - I see no reason for any alarm," said Vuković.
She pointed out that if this majority is denied, by the decisions of one of the two factions, they will have talks at the coalition level and define further steps.
"However, at this moment, there are really no indications that this could happen," said Vuković Sekulović.
Independent councilwoman Jevrosima Pejović was answering the question of whether she would withhold confidence from the current government in the capital and what her further support for the government would depend on, she said that the government will have her support as long as it adheres to the pre-election program in its work, on the basis of which the citizens' trust was won.
The crisis occurred just two days after Milatović, who was also the president of the Podgorica board of PES, resigned from all positions in the Movement and a day after the sudden expulsion from the party of the current Minister of Justice, Andrej Milović.
Milatović resigned from all positions in the party on Saturday, and the PES executive committee dissolved the Bar and Podgorica committees a day later. After that, a part of the members of the Podgorica PES Committee resigned from all positions in that party.
"Our proposal for the list of candidates for the parliamentary elections was ignored. The finale is the recent decision of the management to dissolve the Podgorica board, without any notice, discussion or consultation. In this way, it is impossible for us to influence decision-making through the movement's bodies, and especially on daily deviations from the principles and goals around which we gathered, which is why we are resigning from all positions in the Europe Now Movement", the members of Podgorica stated in a statement. of the board who have resigned from all positions.
PES announced that a small number of councilors and several members of the Podgorica Movement Europe committee now do not even represent a majority in the committee, which had more than 150 members.
Milatović said in the show "Načisto" on Television Vijesti that some of the most important people who founded PES and who founded it have, in the meantime, left the Evropa Sad Movement. Among them, he said, are people from the Podgorica board "including Mrs. (Nađa) Ljiljanić, (Balšu) Spadiera, (Dragutin) Vucinić, Mićunović, Krstović... ”.
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