In the coming days, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) will prepare a platform for negotiations on the formation of the government in Podgorica, while the Civil Movement URA has already prepared it.
Holder of the DPS list in the elections in Podgorica Nermin Abdić He told "Vijesti" that he is forming a team within the party that is seriously working on the platform.
"The platform will be mostly in the interest of the citizens," said Abdić.
The DPS announced the platform after the meeting on the formation of the government in Podgorica, held on Monday, which was attended by representatives of the European Union (Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats and Liberal Party) and Duško Marković's Party of European Progress (SEP). The European Union has already presented a platform.
The meeting was not attended by representatives of the councilors of the Za bolja Podgorica coalition, which consists of the Movement for Podgorica, close to the president of the country. Jakov Milatović, the Movement for Change and the Citizens' Movement URA, without whose six councilors the DPS with the SEP and the European Union cannot form a government.
On Monday, the coalition for a better Podgorica said before the meeting that they will not start talks on the formation of the government in the capital, until they come up with a platform that will be the basis of the course of negotiations.
According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", their platform will contain what they have said publicly so far - that their candidate Luka Rakcevic be a mayor with a program of work on specific projects within specific deadlines.
According to unofficial information from Vijesti, GP URA has prepared a platform and needs to harmonize it with the coalition's partners.
When asked if the DPS is ready to give up the position of mayor, Abdić answered in the Načisto TV Vijesti show that "we know what political principles are".
"We are not thinking about minority support and we know what political principles are," he said.
Last week, the Election Commission of the Capital announced the final results of the local elections in Podgorica held on September 29, after the Constitutional Court rejected appeals on alleged irregularities in the elections. Elected councilors, according to the Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, have up to 90 days from the announcement of the official election results to form a local government, that is, to elect the head of parliament and the mayor.
In the elections, DPS won 19 mandates, the coalition of the Europe Now Movement (PES) and Democratic Montenegro 14, the coalition for the future of Podgorica 13, the list Za bolja Podgorica six, the European Union three and the Party of European Progress and the Movement Perokret two mandates each.
Actors of the state government have said several times that they will not cooperate with the DPS in Podgorica, while the leader of the PES Milojko Spajic said that in the PES-Democrats coalition they believe that the holder of their list is the Minister of Energy Saša Mujović "the best candidate for mayor".
A "Vijesti" source from the Za bolja Podgorica coalition previously said that the mood at the moment is such that the first thing to do is to negotiate with the parties that have so far been in power in Podgorica and at the state level, and if there is no agreement, then the same should be offered to the DPS and others. Allegedly, the Movement for Podgorica and the PzP are not in favor of cooperation with the DPS, while in the GP URA they would rather have new elections than form a government with the DPS or with the coalitions For the Future of Podgorica and the Movement Europe Now and the Democrats, if they do not accept the platform.
The Coalition for the Future of Podgorica invited Milatović several times to negotiations on the formation of the government in Podgorica. That coalition and PES-Democrats can form a government with four Milatović councilors, if there is an agreement. B. Ma.
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