Minister of Public Administration Maraš Dukaj told the President of the Parliament of Montenegro Andrija Mandić today that the ministry he heads, he personally, and the Government of Montenegro are not to blame for the fact that the Committee for Comprehensive Electoral Reform has been blocked.
Mandić today called on the Government to introduce compulsory administration and end the "political agony" in which the Municipality of Šavnik, as well as the Municipality of Kotor, find themselves. In a post on the social network Iks, the President of the Assembly said that it was his duty to call on the Government to introduce compulsory administration. He also said that it was hypocritical for the responsible Minister from the Government to shift the problem to the President of the Assembly or the Prime Minister.
"Dear Speaker of the Parliament Andrija Mandić,
"A year ago, the Ministry of Public Administration proposed decisions regarding resolving the situation in local self-governments, and a month ago I reminded you of the possible consequences. Those decisions were suspended, because you accepted the resolution of the political crisis at the local level through the competent parliamentary committee at the state level. Unfortunately, the parliamentary Committee for Comprehensive Electoral Reform has been blocked, and neither the Ministry nor the Minister of Public Administration nor the Government of Montenegro is to blame for this," Dukaj wrote on the Iks network.
He added that the public knows very well where the causes and responsibilities lie.
"If we had received a response from you, as the President of the Parliament, to the appeal to rectify the situation, and had sent it in a timely manner, perhaps we would have discussed this in a timely manner. We make decisions legally and promptly, and we reject objections of this kind as inappropriate and without contributing to solving the problem - even though citizens and the public, and not just the Ministry of Public Administration, expect a positive role and contribution from the head of the highest authority," said Dukaj.
Dukaj announced earlier today that important decisions are being prepared for tomorrow (Wednesday, February 19) in the Šavnik Municipal Assembly (MA) by the councilors of the previous, i.e. 2018, convocation, whose mandate has already expired for the third year.
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