A special club of councilors in the Assembly of the Capital City requested additional functions in order to support the city government, for which yesterday their party colleagues from the Europe Now Movement (PES) indirectly accused them of blackmailing them.
According to the unofficial information of "Vijesti", five councilors of the newly formed club are asking to be involved in all administrative bodies of the Capital City, but they were refused by PES.
From the party Milojko Spajić they did not answer questions about that yesterday.
The councilors of the newly formed club did not want to announce what all the functions they were looking for, and neither did the PES, from which they said yesterday that what their former colleagues are looking for is "disproportionately based on the current strength".
"Vijesti" announced yesterday that five councilors of a special club asked to get positions in the Appointments Committee, and that they had "an agreement with the mayor Oliver Injac". However, Injac did not appear at the meeting of representatives of the constituents of the Podgorica government on Wednesday evening, which reportedly angered the former members of the PES in the local parliament. According to information from TV Vijesti, former PES councilors allegedly demanded half of the functions that, according to the coalition agreement, belonged to PES in the capital.
The conflict between yesterday's colleagues culminated yesterday when five councilors of the special club, as well as representatives of the opposition led by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), did not come to the session of the Capital City Assembly, which meant that there was no quorum for work. A new session is scheduled for Monday, but there is no confirmation that councilors from the special club, as well as representatives of DPS, will come.
PES announced yesterday that the organized boycott of the Assembly, "directed by the opposition led by DPS and independent councilors close to the president Jakov Milatović", is a signal that a part of the local majority has distanced itself from the current coalition agreement, on the basis of which the local government in Podgorica operates.
"Until recently, our colleagues from the Special Club pointed out that the reason for leaving the PES was the absence of meritocracy, but that they still did not want to endanger the government in the capital, so that we would now find ourselves in a situation where the stability of the government is conditioned by the number of functions that the Special Club needs to get".
They form a special club of councilors Dragan Radović, Dragutin Vučinić, Ranka Otašević, Jevrosima Pejović i Nađa Ljiljanić, who left PES and are close to Milatović.
PES announced that "former colleagues want to negotiate in order to get additional positions, and that to the extent of disproportion based on the current strength", although they are still sitting in positions in the administration of the Capital City, thanks to the electoral legitimacy of PES.
"Former PES councilors welcome any benevolent idea related to the development of Podgorica, but we expect that every request for additional personnel appointments will be transparent, so that the public can objectively judge whether blackmail or the interests of citizens are at stake," PES announced. -a.
Before that, they are from the Special Club, reacting to the announcement of the head of the club of PES councilors Vasilija Čarapić on the X network, announced that they have not and will not obstruct the work of any body of the Capital City, but that as responsible people they demand that you "stick to your word and that the agreement reached with the mayor is respected."
"Regarding the trading of positions, as former comrades in arms, we advise you to show responsibility towards the citizens of Podgorica, because if you continue with this activity, the only position that will await you is the one you had in Bemax", replied the Special Club Čarapić, who sent them accused of "planning the obstruction of the authorities together with the DPS".
Yesterday, the opposition parties - DPS, Social Democrats (SD) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) assessed that extraordinary local elections are the solution to the crisis of power in the capital city.
PES replied that the opposition's threat to the elections "does not have a significant effect, because it will not affect the change of government".
Member of DPS Andrija Klikovac said at the press conference that the postponement of the session of the Capital City Assembly is a confirmation of a deep political crisis.
"Even today's events, when there were 24 councilors in the hall, speaks best of that. "The problem is not the five councilors of the Special Club who left the PES, but the problem of complete mistrust and bad relations between the parties that make up the parliamentary majority," said Klikovac.
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