The old convocation of the Kotor Municipal Assembly proposed Vladimir Jokić for mayor and the adoption of a decision on temporary financing, "Vijesti" has learned.
The agenda of the session, which will be scheduled for Thursday under urgent procedure, includes three items - the election of the mayor, the decision on temporary financing of budget beneficiaries of the Municipality of Kotor, and the election and appointments.
The explanation of the proposal, submitted by 17 councilors, states that local elections were held in the municipality of Kotor on September 29 last year, and the results had not been announced by the date of this request. They remind that the mandate of the mayor of the municipality, Vladimir Jokić, expired on October 30, 2024, since when the municipality has had no president.
"As the process is being conducted before the Constitutional Court upon the appeal of one of the election participants, and as it is uncertain when it will be completed, and taking into account the fact that the deadline for adopting a decision on the municipal budget is March 31, 2025, and that the Decision on Temporary Financing has not been adopted, as well as that the only legally authorized proposer of the budget decision is the mayor, we believe that there has been a multi-month dysfunction of local self-government and a threat to the constitutionally guaranteed right of citizens to local self-government, and that any further delay in deciding on the proposed agenda would also endanger the more valuable property of the Municipality of Kotor," the proposal states.
Due to complaints regarding two polling stations (Mirac and the Prčanj Cultural Center), the final election results have not yet been announced, the new government has not been established, and the budget for this year has not been adopted, nor has the decision on temporary funding been made.
On October 11, the Mayor of Kotor, Vladimir Jokić (Democrats), filed two complaints with the Constitutional Court due to the stalemate that existed in the Kotor election commission.
However, on October 24, the Constitutional Court did not make a decision on Jokić's appeals, as the result of the vote was 3:3. The Constitutional Court clarified in a statement that three judges took the position that they have the authority to examine the election dispute in essence, while three of them considered that the election procedure is strictly formal and that they should only examine procedural irregularities in the work of the competent election commission.
At the end of October last year, Jokić withdrew his constitutional appeals in order to end the election process.
The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) also appealed to the Constitutional Court in November last year against the decision of the State Election Commission (SEC) to reject their complaint regarding the elections at two polling stations in Kotor. The Constitutional Court has not yet ruled on this.
Employees of the Municipality of Kotor, who have not yet received their January salaries due to the political situation in the city, protested in front of the Municipality building today.
Jokić, whose mandate expired on October 30th last year, told "Vijesti" in mid-February that no matter how many times they said they would run away from the Šavnica scenario, it is unserious to leave the city completely blocked for such a long period.
"The pressure from citizens and all people who are in any way connected to local government is so great that we will have to do something," said Jokić.
He said at the time that the January salary had not been paid by the municipality, because there was no document on the basis of which any payment could be made.
"There is no decision on temporary financing, no adopted budget. There is no cover to pay out the money."
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