The coalition of the Socialist People's Party (SNP) and the Democrats in Andrijevica does not give up on the request that the current president of that municipality Željko Ćulafić remain in the position for another four years.
He told "Vijesta" that Miodrag Čukić, holder of the list for the future of Andrijevica, which consists of New Serbian Democracy, Democratic People's Party, True Montenegro, Free Montenegro.
Čukić confirmed to "Vijesta" that at the previous meeting on July 11, they "almost agreed" on the positions to find a candidate who would be acceptable to everyone or to rotate the mayor and the head of the local parliament for two years, with one position going to the coalition SNP- Democrats, and the other to one of the remaining four lists that would form the government (For the future of Andrijevica, Movement Europe now (PES), For the future of our children and the Vasojević movement of unification). One of the compromise proposals was that the function of the first man of the municipality should be performed by a non-party person.
He said that representatives of the SNP-Democrat coalition told them at yesterday's meeting that for them the only acceptable option is for Ćulafić to continue to be the head of Andrijevica for the next four years.
The next meeting will be held on Friday, and Čukić confirmed his arrival "in order to solve the political crisis in Andrijevica that has been going on for two years", but also because "the citizens do not deserve another round of elections".
"Vijesti" has unofficially learned that the coalition for the future of Andrijevica, PES and two independent lists will propose their candidate for the leading position in the municipality at a meeting on Friday.
Yesterday, the SNP-Democrats coalition did not want to officially comment on what was said at the meeting.
A source close to that coalition told "Vijesti" that they asked the remaining four lists with which they are negotiating the formation of the government to declare on Friday whether Ćulafić is suitable for them as mayor, if the answer is negative, to explain why, but also to declare who vide in the position of President of the Assembly, because legal deadlines require that position to be filled by August 4.
In order to form a government in Andrijevica, at least 16 votes of councilors are needed, and therefore the ruling majority at the state level - PES, SNP, Democrats and the parties of the former Democratic Front (DF), which now form the coalition For the Future of Andrijevica, need support or lists for the future of our children or the Vasojević unification movement.
Those two lists announced before the start of the negotiations that the SNP and the Democrats could not be in leading positions. Holders of those lists, Ivan Radojević i Vesko Raketic, announced immediately after the announcement of the election results that they would not allow the president of the municipality and the local parliament to be from the SNP and the Democrats, "because they showed themselves in previous years" when they were in power, and that "they did nothing for the benefit of the citizens of Andrijevica". .
After the local elections in 2020, the government in Andrijevica was formed by SNP, New Serbian Democracy (NSD), Democrats and Demos. The position of the President of the Municipality went to the SNP (Željko Ćulafić), and the position of the President of the Municipal Assembly (SO) to the Democrats (Mladen Djukic). However, last year there was friction within the ruling coalition, so the Government introduced forced administration in Andrijevica in March of this year due to the non-functioning of the local administration. In that municipality, a group of citizens for several months last year prevented the holding of the session where the vote on the dismissal of Ćulafić was supposed to take place.
In the local elections held on June 2, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) won 11 mandates, the list of the SNP and the Democrats won eight, PES four, the lists Za buđućnost Andrijevica and Za fućuću naše djece (For the Future of Andrijevica) won three mandates each, and the Vasojević Unification Movement won one.
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