Dukaj launched surveillance in the Municipality of Budva

After the news that the detained president of the Municipality of Budva Milo Božović dismissed the vice-president Jasna Đokić for not acting in accordance with the Law on Local Self-Government and the Statute of the Municipality of Budva, the Ministry of Public Administration launched the supervision of the implementation of the Law on Local Self-Government regarding the dismissal of the vice-president of the Municipality of Budva and the appointment of a new vice-president .

This was announced by that department, which is headed by Minister Maraš Dukaj.

"In the context of the circumstances in the municipality of Budva and the fact that the Municipal Assembly has not been constituted, we emphasize that in accordance with the provisions of Art. 38 and paragraph 1 point 18 and 58 paragraph 1 point 8 of the Law on Local Self-Government the assembly gives its consent to the decision on the appointment and dismissal of the deputy president of the assembly, and that the president of the municipality appoints and dismisses the vice president of the municipality, with the consent of the assembly. Please note that since the beginning of the political crisis in the municipality of Budva, the Ministry of Public Administration has taken all measures within its jurisdiction in order to establish a functional local administration and the proper application of regulations in that municipality. We would like to remind you that the Government of Montenegro and the Ministry of Public Administration demanded from the Budva Municipal Assembly the suspension of the municipal president, the appointment of the municipal vice-president and the performance of other obligations in accordance with the law, and that then the Budva Municipal Assembly made a decision to shorten its mandate, after which local elections. Even the local elections did not result in a solution to the crisis, the Budva Municipal Assembly was not constituted in accordance with the Law, after which new elections were called", they emphasize from this ministry and add:

"Also, we remind you that the Ministry of Public Administration carried out supervision in relation to the implementation of Articles 59 and 67 of the Law on Local Self-Government and regarding the initiative for supervision submitted by the Tourist Organization of the Municipality of Budva, JU Museums and Galleries Budva, as well as the Ministry of Tourism. In the supervision procedure, the Ministry indicated that the vice-president of the municipality replaces the president of the municipality in the event of his absence or incapacity only within the scope of the powers entrusted to him by the president, and that the vice-president monitors the work of local government bodies and public services exclusively in the areas assigned to him by the president of the municipality and is about the implementation of policies in those areas, from which the rights and obligations of both the municipal president and the municipal vice president derive," the ministry said.