The opposition in Šavnik announced daily protests starting February 27th

They remind that two and a half years have passed since the beginning of the election process, and that the competent state authorities have not undertaken any activities regarding resolving the political situation in Šavnik.

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Savnik (Illustration), Photo: Svetlana Mandić
Savnik (Illustration), Photo: Svetlana Mandić
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The coalitions "For the Future of Šavnik" (NSD, SNP, DNP) and "Let's Go People" (DCG, UCG, PES) have decided that due to all the developments in the municipality of Šavnik, which concern the electoral process, as well as, as they stated in a press release, "the illegal decisions of the criminal authorities in Šavnik in the past two and a half years, as well as the passivity of the current executive and legislative authorities", they will organize daily protests in Šavnik every day from February 27th from 13.45:15 p.m. to XNUMX p.m.

As they explained, the protests involve blocking the road at the entrance to Šavnik (at the small bridge before the gas station), and they will organize the blockade for five days in a row at the same time.

"The indisputable facts are that the number of residents in Šavnik increased by over 20 percent immediately before the 2022 elections. Of that number, over 200 'voters' moved from Nikšić, who have no property or employment in Šavnik, and as soon as the exodus process was completed, most moved away. Let us note that Nikolić, Eraković, Đukanović, Milatović, Raičević, Vujović, Nikčević, Šaleri, Ferizi and many other surnames never lived in Šavnik. The 2023 census exposed the election engineering of the DPS Šavnik, according to which the population in Šavnik is 380 fewer than the number of voters," the press release of the two aforementioned coalitions states.

They recall that two and a half years have passed since the beginning of the election process, and that the competent state authorities have not undertaken any activities regarding the resolution of the political situation in Šavnik, and that "it is obvious that the issue of the failure to resolve the election process in Šavnik is the result of a compromise between the current executive and legislative authorities and the DPS". The facts that, as they stated, confirm their conclusion are that on election day, "among other things, election tourists were brought in by the famous van with baseball bats, where the police were on the spot, and to this day nothing has been done on this issue, nor has anyone been prosecuted".

"More than a year ago, the Amendments to the Law on Registers of Residence and Temporary Residence came into force, according to which the Ministry of Interior authorities are obliged to check the residence of citizens, but even that circumstance is not enough for the competent Directorate for General and Administrative Affairs to do its job based on the applications submitted to them by the Coalition for the Future of Šavnik. There are still about 50 election tourists registered in Šavnik. In December 2023, Democratic Montenegro proposed Amendments to the Law on Voters' Registers to the agenda of the Parliament of Montenegro, which provided that the voter register could be changed during the election process if irregularities were found in it. Through a rotten political compromise (by conditioning the DPS to leave the electoral reform committee), the current legislative authority withdrew the initiative to change the Law on Voters' Registers," the press release stated.

They recall that in March last year, the Government of Montenegro adopted a Decision on the introduction of compulsory administration in Šavnik due to the failure to adopt the Strategic Plan for the Development of the Municipality since 2017, and that it appointed members of the compulsory administration by the same Decision.

"The Strategic Plan for the Development of the Municipality was not adopted, and could not have been in a few days (when it had not been adopted for seven years), yet again with political blackmail from the former regime, the Government withdrew its own decision. In order to prevent the Government's decision to introduce compulsory administration, the councilors of the Šavnik Municipal Assembly resigned, i.e. shortened their mandate in March 2024. In July 2024, the illegitimate president 'resurrected' the mandates of the councilors of the Šavnik Municipal Assembly and re-elected the councilors who had resigned in March."

The final act of lawlessness, according to them, is the decision of councilors whose mandates have expired for more than two years, and who have also resigned, to re-elect the Mayor without an election.

"The current government has not yet reacted to this scandalous and globally unheard-of decision, as well as to all the illegalities committed in Šavnik in the past two and a half years," the coalitions "For the Future of Šavnika" and "Let's Go People" state.

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