With the Spatial Plan, the government admitted that the situation in the country is catastrophic, but it did not provide solutions and mechanisms to get out of the chaos we are in, but it is reviving dirty and outmoded projects that lead to self-destruction, said Preokret councilor Vuk Iković.
"The Ministry of Spatial Planning rejects the scenario of the survival of Montenegro that would make us a safe, ecological, premium brand country where it would be based on a green and capillary economy, start innovative construction and agriculture and focus on rural and health tourism," he added in the announcement.
According to him, the spatial plan should prevent further social stratification, and for that, as he said, we need a change in the policy of space use, which was not announced by this plan.
"The north is still more and more neglected compared to the rest of the country, and the spatial plan did not provide a solution to this problem. What hurts the most is that the officials of the last 4 governments spent our money and time, and we did not get solutions. So the influx was overcome projects from the DPS period are still in force. With this kind of indecisive policy, they will remain active as long as there is dirty capital and officials who are resistant to such money," added Iković.
He assessed that for the last 30 years, Montenegro has been encouraging a linear model of economic growth "take, produce, spend and throw away", "which is based on the fact that materials from nature are inexhaustible, which has proven to be unsustainable. This has led to improvised construction, loss fertile land and drinking water as well as large social inequalities. That is why a large number of citizens do not live on their salary but on inherited property and credit. That is why the spatial plan must be remedial in nature and must show a clear departure from the past thirty years of practice."
Iković emphasized that one of the deviations means that the plan must clearly state that illegal objects in the marine property zone of national parks, protected zones of water sources, road belts and landslides cannot be legalized because if we legalize them, as he said, human life will be endangered. lives and we will lose the resources we depend on.
"The diversion means that if we want to be a tourist country, we have to base tourism on preserving and not exploiting nature, it means that Montenegro should provide a healthy environment and safety from earthquakes and that it must give up non-branded private accommodation, because otherwise the coast will suffer collapse in 10 years at the latest. The plan has also given up on the protection of agricultural land. If agricultural land is not finally placed outside urban areas, it means that we will not have our own food and that over time we will be increasingly dependent on others and less and less on ourselves alone," he explained.
Iković said that good spatial planning is looking at the past and present for the sake of the future
"It prevents giving power to a privileged individual, and puts the public good in focus and allows individuals to realize their potential, for which the green economy is an excellent tool. In order for this to become our power, political will is needed, given that we don't have it, a turnaround is needed." he concluded.
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