Only five days until the expiration of the deadline of 60 days from the announcement of the final results of the local elections, there is still a stalemate in Budva.
If the parliament is not constituted by August 17, i.e. the president of that house is not elected, the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, will call another election in Budva.
Although "Vijesti" was told by several sources that the new elections are quite certain, the negotiations between the list "Budva naš grad" and the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), announced by Nikola Jovanović, have not yet been officially opened.
This is the only remaining chance to secure a parliamentary majority of 17 councilors and form the government, since all previous negotiations between political players have failed.
Jovanović did not answer "Vijesta" whether he opened negotiations with DPS, although it has long been speculated that informal talks were held between the two parties. Jovanović's list won nine mandates, so the support of seven DPS councilors would provide him with secure power, since an alliance was previously created with the local SDP and their leader Petar Odžić.
On the other hand, the list "For the future of Budva - Mladen Mikijelj", which also won nine mandates, is waiting for the response of the local Democrats as to whether they will nominate their candidate for the president of the parliament. Mikijelj and the list of Pokreta Evropa have now made a proposal to the Democrats to propose their candidate and that they will vote at the session of the Municipal Assembly. With the election of the president of the parliament, the SO would be constituted, so the deadline for the election of the president of the Municipality would be extended. The Democrats had previously announced that they would come out with their platform in Cajtnot. The question now is whether the Democratic candidate would be voted for by Jovanović's list, but also by SDP and URA, which have one councilor each, although they have seen that party as a coalition partner on several occasions.
And while waiting for the outcome of the situation in these few days, i.e. whether the Government will schedule the continuation of the constitutive session with the only item on the agenda, the election of the Speaker of the Parliament, a real series of resignations took place.
From Jovanović's list, as "Vijesti" learns, the vice-president of the municipality Jasna Dokić, the secretary for investments Joko Popović, the chief city architect Jelena Lazić, and the director of the municipal company "Otpadne vode" Milivoje Radulović from the Democrats' list submitted their resignations.
Their resignations are related to legal provisions, because if they were to retain their mandate as councilors, their functions would automatically cease.
Even earlier, it was speculated that Dokić was against their list entering into any political arrangements with DPS from the beginning.
On the other hand, the opinion of the Anti-corruption Agency is awaiting the director of JP "Morsko dobro" Mladen Mikijelj and the director of TO Budva Nemanja Kuljača, who are still councilors of the "For the future of Budva" list. ASK has already expressed its opinion in the case of the Chief negotiator with the EU, Predrag Zenović, who can retain his position as a board member.
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