Leader of the political group "Budva our city" Nikola Jovanovic, will form the government in that municipality and there are several options for that, because new elections do not bring a way out of the political blockade. This was told to "Vijesti" from Jovanović's camp, after he finished negotiations yesterday, apparently unsuccessful, with representatives of parties and groups of citizens whom he invited to gather around the platform he proposed.
In separate meetings, Jovanović spoke on Friday with representatives of the voter group "Mokret za Grad", the European Union, the Civic Movement (GP) URA, as well as the Democrats-Mokret Evropa sad coalition. The representatives of the Democratic People's Party (DNP) and the Socialist People's Party (SNP) did not respond to the meeting yesterday.
On the agenda of the meetings were five points that Jovanović indicated in a public call, and on which a consensus should be reached "to save Budva".
"I invite all political parties who accept these priorities to sit down and discuss them: rationalization of local self-government; unblocking of city institutions; solving communal chaos; improving the infrastructure of the city and rehabilitating the urban chaos by taking urgent measures related to planning documents", stated Jovanović in the call of November 19.
In order to form the government in Budva, a majority of 17 councilors in the 33-seat parliament is required.
On November 27, the Municipal Election Commission announced the final results of the extraordinary elections in Budva held on November 17, according to which the coalition "For the Future of Budva" Mladena Mikielja won 25,93 percent of the votes, and the list "Budva naš grad" won 25,3 percent of the votes (both for nine mandates).
The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) received 21,96 percent of the vote (seven mandates), the Democrats-PES coalition 9,72 percent (three mandates), the "Movement for the City - Đorđe Zenović" newspaper 6,41 percent (two mandates), the European Union 5,9 percent (two mandates), and GP URA 3,59 percent (one mandate).
Although he did not win the most votes in the November elections, but, as in May, Mikilje's collation surpassed him, now by about a hundred votes, Jovanović has more options to form the government than his political opponent, whose room for maneuver is narrowed. The interlocutor of "Vijesti" in Jovanović's group says that this political option has four scenarios to form the government, while Mikijelj is condemned to form the government exclusively with them, which is practically impossible.
The first scenario is that Jovanović forms a government with Mikijelja, which is ruled out as a possibility, because the two opposing blocs created by the split of the former united Democratic Front after the November elections hate each other on a personal level.
The second is to gather all parties and groups of citizens except DPS and NSD, which means that the government is formed with the European Union, the Democrats-PES coalition, the group of citizens "Movement for the City" and GP URA. In that case, the government would have 17 councilors in the parliament.
And this option, after the negotiations on Friday, is impossible, because the Democrats clearly demanded that Jovanović distance himself from the detained president of the Municipality of Budva. Milo Božović, who was indicted by the High Court for being part of a drug-police cartel. Jovanović allegedly refused.
Božović never publicly supported Jovanović, but the fact that his older son was on Jovanović's list both in May and November confirms who the first man of Budva still trusts.
The third scenario is that Jovanović's group with the European Union, GP URA and two more councilors each from DNP and SNP, with the participation of "Movement for the City", forms the government. That option is not possible either, after neither DNP nor SNP representatives showed up at the negotiations yesterday, who, as in May, maintained that negotiations with Jovanović can only be conducted as a single coalition led by Mikijelj.
In addition, the "Movement for the City" list, which he leads Đorđe Zenović she was clear after the negotiations with Jovanović that she would not give up her principles and that she did not intend to be in power at any cost, maintaining that she could participate in the future government only if they were the ones who would manage the processes in the city, i.e. that their or an independent candidate is the head of the municipality.
The fourth scenario, which is the only one left in the game, is that Jovanović and the European Union, with the eventual participation of the URA GP, form a government with the DPS. In that case, he would not need the support of GP URA, because without them they would have 18 councilors.
Jovanović did not invite the New Serbian Democracy (NSD) to the negotiations on Friday and yesterday, nor DPS, with whom, as he said during the election campaign, he does not want to form a government. However, even after the May elections, in the midst of unsuccessful negotiations with the parties, and the impossibility of forming a stable government of 17 councilors, Jovanović told the "News" to "expect the unexpected", alluding to the possibility of forming the government with the DPS.
The day after that statement, Jovanović said in the show "Reflektor" on TV "Vijesti" that he would also invite DPS to the talks. However, those talks, as claimed by both sides, never took place. Vice President of the Municipality Jasna Dokić, who left the group "Budva naš grad" before the November elections, accused Jovanovic of "fighting bitterly" after the May elections to form the government with the DPS, which she claims she thwarted.
As things stand now, the political participants of the last elections practically "push" Jovanović into an embrace with the DPS with their hard positions in the negotiations. They believe that, as the interlocutors of Vijesti claim, by joining the alliance with DPS, Jovanović would lose his political influence, and the government would not last long, and there would be elections again in Budva next year at the latest.
After the negotiations are over, it's up to Jovanović - whether he will open negotiations in the following days and fulfill the promise made in May ("expect the unexpected"), and open negotiations with NSD, but also with DPS.
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