Živković: Nationalism and populism have come together to deal with Montenegro

The president of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), Danijel Živković, is as if nationalism and populism have come together to deal with Montenegro.

DPS announced that at the Municipal Electoral Conference, those parties elected members of the local board in Plav, and that Živković opened the conference.

He spoke about how the DPS should operate in that region in the coming period, stressing that he is confident in "the quality of the board in Plav, as well as those people who work diligently every day to convey the mission of the DPS".

"This is also shown by the fact that we are part of the government here, we have established good coalition relations, we have preserved unity within our state-forming bloc, it is a winning combination that a good coalition can deliver good results. Today DPS has around 26% support, which makes us the strongest political entity in Montenegro and that means a lot to us since we ended up in the opposition after 30 years. I am deeply convinced of the success of everything we have done in the field of reforming our party, from direct intra-party elections for the president and vice-presidents, to the fact that we elected the party leadership at the local level also directly, and today we are electing new municipal committees, all the way to organizing a congress in September, when we will have a new party platform and elect a new Main Committee. It is very important for us to reorganize and prepare for the challenges that await us from the local, until, I am convinced, extraordinary parliamentary elections. Only with persistent and hard work can we return to power," said Živković.

He says that it is good "that August 30 happened" so that they can see what their political alternative is.

"And we saw. Four years later, we no longer have the right to make a mistake. Four years without development, without investment, idleness, carelessness, playing with the lives of citizens, spent in quarrels and deceptions, changed three governments. They cannot be partners with each other and they cannot build Montenegro that way. They are neither stable nor for the good of our country. They are characterized by chauvinism, fascism and nationalism. They are against everything that we perceive Montenegro to be Gora, as a multinational democracy, a European society in which democratic processes are developing, an emancipated society that strives for a European system of values. They implement their political agenda from the government, and there are those in the government who agree to blackmail. Andrija Mandić is not in the absolute majority nine deputies, but in addition to that are the Democrats who say they are a civil, European subject and the PES, which also says they are a civil, European political subject, but they are not, because if they were, someone would show political integrity and say this: This is not how it works. Why do you, Madić, want to change the character of Montenegro, its foreign policy course, citizens' awareness and civic concept? It can't be like that," Zivkovic said.

He stated that "they want to do everything overnight, to settle accounts with Montenegro in a short period of time".

"Changing the Constitution, changing the symbol, changing the language, dual citizenship, and then the question follows - what do you want an independent state for? Nationalism and populism have come together to deal with Montenegro. It is a joint action between alleged civil subjects and nationalists. "Gora can only be a civil state in which each of its citizens, no matter how they feel nationally, has a dignified life," Živković pointed out.

He said that through the story of a better standard of living, other topics are served to the citizens.

"I'm afraid that a part of the public still hasn't woken up. Anesthetized, they are waiting for someone to change something in Montenegro. People who know nothing about the system are in serious positions in government. Spajić is playing with the Parliament, he doesn't come to the sessions, he doesn't care about how the ministers behave, they talked about how we behave, today everyone has cars in charge, they use the national teams a lot. See their attitude towards citizens? The power of those who are, unfortunately, the most ignorant fell, and today we are paying the price for it. Just look at how much money they allocated from the budget for the north. Take for example Bijelo Polje, where they allocated 600.000 euros, and Tuzi, where four million were allocated. This is because the politicians who make up the majority in certain municipalities in the north should receive less in order not to realize the planned projects. It is revenge for the north of Montenegro. And they get votes for offering us to work less and earn more, so where is that? And the question is from which funds, and the answer is from debt. "We will soon be in debt of two billion euros," said Živković.

He also referred to local topics.

"I am impressed with how you work as a local self-government and I congratulate you on that. Together with hardworking and diligent people, you are fighting for the welfare of the citizens of this municipality. That's why all of what I talked about today in perspective should be told together to the citizens of this area, while visiting households. I will try to make it a way of approaching work, which is traditionally eminent at DPS. This is how we will provide support for our policy and achieve the desired results in the upcoming elections," Živković concluded.