A member of the Main Board (GO) of the Socialist People's Party (SNP) and the party's municipal board in Kotor, Đorđije Račić, said that someone voted on his behalf at yesterday's session of that party body, at which Radisav Nikić was dismissed from all party positions, and the Herceg Novi board was also dissolved.
He told this to "Vijesti" in a telephone conversation.
"I have been a member of the SNP since the party was founded. I could never have expected this. It is a tragedy that this was allowed to happen," he pointed out.
Račić told "Vijesti" that he did not participate in the vote at all, but that the voting list stated that he did, and that he voted in the affirmative on both counts.
Earlier today, a member of the Kolasin board, Milan Bulatović, announced that he did not vote for the dissolution of the SNP board in Herceg Novi at the GO session, although his name was among those who voted for that decision.
"I was not informed by the party headquarters that an electronic session of the Main Board was scheduled to vote on the dissolution of the Herceg Novi Municipal Board," said Bulatović, a member of the SNP's Kolašin board. "I did not vote as a member of the Main Board of the Kolašin Municipal Board, and if I had been contacted, I would have been explicitly against it," he said.
The decisions to dissolve the Herceg Novi committee and dismiss Nikić from party positions were made at the proposal of SNP leader Vladimir Joković.
The SNP said that over 75 percent of the members of the Governing Board voted for these decisions. They stated that the Herceg Novi board was dissolved because its previous work "was not in line with the party's policies and values", which, they say, was particularly reflected in the latest results in the local elections, where the SNP was left without a census for the first time in that municipality. As for Nikić, they stated that he was dismissed "because he grossly violated the democratic principles on which the SNP's activities are based".
The president of the Herceg Novi SNP committee, Milan Jančić, announced that Joković's proposal to dissolve the committee represents "the last act of political weakness and an attempt to escape personal responsibility," while Nikić said that the first man of the SNP had once again demonstrated "unprecedented political cowardice and personal insecurity."
Yesterday's events followed last Sunday's stormy session of the General Assembly.
Vijesti then reported, citing claims from a source who attended the GO session held on Friday evening, that at that gathering there were arguments and assaults between GO members, and the session continued only after, as the interviewee said, the intervention of some SNP officials who called for a reduction in tensions and reconciliation.
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Another source claimed that there was "argumentation" at the session, that it was "inappropriate", but that "it wasn't a terrible drama".
"At the end (of the session), Joković took the floor and provoked the members who warned him about his poor work. There was talk that the upcoming Congress should not be held in Podgorica, that it should not be open to the public, that there should be no guests, that the number of delegates should be reduced...", the source said.
According to unofficial information from Vijesti, Joković had a verbal confrontation with Nikić at the meeting.
Joković told Vijesti on Saturday that there was a “verbal exchange” at the session, but no physical incidents. He claimed that the session was proceeding normally until “a man who writes from fake profiles (on social networks)” started making remarks, which, he added, provoked a reaction from other members of the Governing Body who responded to him, after which an “exchange of words” occurred.
Last week's session of the General Assembly was held in preparation for the organization of the SNP Congress, which has been announced for August. The candidacy for the first person of the SNP has so far been announced by the party's vice president, Dragoslav Šćekić. The possibility of his running mate being Joković, who was given the "green light" by the SNP Statutory Commission in early April to run for a third term, has not been ruled out.
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