Although the former head of the Bijelo Polje parliament Ernad Suljević claims that the Bosniak Party (BS) has agreed in principle with coalition partners from that municipality that a BS councilor will succeed him in office Selma Omerović, from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) did not confirm the existence of such an arrangement to the "News", while from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) they announced that they would support BS if asked.
DPS, the strongest constituent of the government in Bijelo Polje, unofficially told Lista that they have yet to discuss the next steps within the party in the municipality in the north of Montenegro. Omerović cannot be elected to office without the votes of the DPS, except in the event of a possible re-composition of the local government.
President of the Bjelopolska committee of the SDP Adnan Strikovic, told "Vijesti" yesterday that there are no signs of a crisis of power in that municipality, and that he connects the statements of certain politicians that go in that direction with the campaign for the upcoming elections in Podgorica. He states that BS is his party's partner in the local government, and that if he asks for support for the election of the President of the Municipal Assembly (SO), which, as he said, they expect in the SDP, he will receive it in accordance with the coalition agreement.
"If they decide on some other options, if they decide to seek support from partners from the state government, which we do not expect but is politically legitimate, they will receive an adequate political response. Things are simple and politically very clear, there is no need to dramatize this topic", said Striković.
Suljević told "Vijesti" yesterday that Omerović will be a candidate for his successor, that she will be elected head of the SO Bijelo Polje, and that support for this has been agreed in principle with DPS, SDP and the Social Democrats (SD), according to the joint coalition agreement from 2022.
He stated that there will be no change of government in that municipality, and that the coalition of BS, DPS, SDP and SD is currently functioning.
"Will there be some changes later - that's a question for the Presidency of the BS, not for me," added Suljević, the recently elected Minister of Regional Investment Development and Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations, in the government Milojko Spajić.
Due to the election to that position, he resigned from his position in the local government, which the Bijelo Polje Municipal Council should state at the session scheduled for Monday, September 9. On the same day, the SO should deal with the issue of electing his successor in the position.
At the end of July, BS became part of the state government, accepting, as the party's new allies claim, their request to dissolve the coalition with DPS in Bijelo Polje until the budget is adopted in that municipality, i.e. until the end of the year.
Member of Parliament and President of the Democratic People's Party (DNP) Milan Knezevic, announced last week that BS said that they will leave the coalition with DPS in Bijelo Polje by the end of the year, and that if they do not do so, Prime Minister Spajić is obliged to initiate the dismissal of ministers from that party.
Knežević then said that it remains to be seen whether BS will keep his word, and whether Spajić will do the same.
The current Bijelo Polska government was constituted at the end of 2022, that is, at the beginning of 2023. It is represented in the parliament by 19 councilors - 11 from DPS, four from BS, and two each from SDP and SD.
In the opposition are the parties of the former Democratic Front, which have five councilors, the Movement Europe now has four, the Democrats three, and the Socialist People's Party, the Citizens' Movement URA and United Montenegro each have two representatives. ND
Omerović was born in 1995, according to her biography on the website of the Bijelo Polje parliament. She has a degree in mathematics engineering and is employed at the High School of Electro-Economics in Bijelo Polje.
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