The Movement for Europe Now (PES) and the Movement for Podgorica, made up of former councilors of that party, have until Monday to make an agreement on solving the crisis in the capital or to announce that there will be extraordinary local elections.
According to the unofficial information of "Vijesti", this was requested from them by the representatives of the other constituents of the government at yesterday's meeting of the ruling majority in the local parliament.
However, a part of the ruling majority is not in favor of shortening the mandate of the Assembly of the capital
It has been unofficially confirmed by "Vijesti" that former and current councilors of PES are arguing about whether all the positions that went to that party through the coalition agreement will go "into the drum" or whether those officials who worked well will be left in their positions.
A source from the ruling majority told "Vijesta" that the Movement for Podgorica regrets the non-respect of earlier agreements, such as the one that there will be no parliamentary sessions until the crisis is resolved, and two have been held in the meantime.
At the meeting, a lively discussion was held at times, and in between Tihomir Dragaš (PES) and Miloš Krstović (Movement for Podgorica) was allegedly on the verge of physical conflict.
Vasilije Carapić (PES) told "Dan" after the meeting that the session will not take place until the end of the summer, so that "there is enough time to put things in order and to make a final decision in a foreseeable time".
The Podgorica opposition announced in April that it would submit an initiative to dismiss the mayor Oliver Injac, including because she did not submit a work report to the local parliament within the deadline, which was adopted without the votes of the councilors of the Movement for Podgorica.
President of the Social Democrats (SD) and Liberal Party (LP) club Miloš Maskovic then told "Vijesta" that informal negotiations were underway "with certain councilor clubs within the ruling majority", among which, as he stated, "there is a mood to dismiss Injac because of this situation". The source of "Vijesti" from the opposition said that the initiative should be submitted this week or next week.
Čarapić said that the position of the ruling majority is that there is no dissolution of the Assembly.
"No one rules it out as a last option, but I don't see that it is the primary option for the councilors of the Movement for Podgorica. At least they didn't declare it at this meeting. There were no specific proposals of the Movement for Podgorica at the meeting," Čarapić announced.
According to "Vijesti" information, the Movement for Podgorica requires at least two or three directorships, as well as the position of deputy mayor, as well as part of the money belonging to PES from the budget funds for financing the regular work of parties in the local parliament.
Čarapić pointed out that he "does not see excessive challenges that cannot be overcome", and that "many believe that the room for an agreement is absolutely present and that it can happen".
"We are also on that background, we always support stability, but it is very difficult to find that common language with the Movement for Podgorica," said the PES councilor and added that he suspected that "it is about some side political agenda, like and that "a deal would be made in a few minutes if that agenda were eliminated".
After the split in PES at the local level in March, five councilors who created the Movement for Podgorica left that party, and agreed on joint action with the Civic Movement (GP) URA and the Movement for Change (PzP). They have 11 councilors (so-called Block 11) and are the largest group in the city parliament. A special club of councilors consists of Dragan Radović, Dragutin Vučinić, Ranka Otašević, Jevrosima Pejović and Nađa Ljiljanić, who left PES and are close to the state president Jakov Milatović, former deputy president of PES.
Earlier, five councilors of the newly formed club asked to be involved in all administrative bodies of the Capital City, but they were refused by PES. Neither the Movement for Podgorica nor the PES want to officially say what functions the councilors of the Movement for Podgorica are looking for.
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