The Socialist People's Party (SNP) is too serious a party to comment on allegations published in the media.
This was told to "Vijesti" by the party's top official yesterday. Vladimir Jokovic, asked to comment on the latest friction in the SNP, namely the claims of some members that someone voted on their behalf at the electronic session of the party's Main Board (GB) the day before yesterday, at which the Herceg Novi board was dissolved, and Radisav Nikic relieved of all functions.
In a telephone conversation, Joković denied that he was aware of "what is being written in the media", and when asked to comment on these allegations (which concern the claims of some members), he replied that he had no comment.
"We are too serious a party to comment on something that has nothing to do with reality," he said.
The SNP Central Executive Committee dissolved the Herceg Novi party committee and dismissed Nikić at the suggestion of Joković. The SNP said the day before yesterday that over 75 percent of the Central Executive Committee members voted in favor of these decisions. They stated that the committee in Herceg Novi was dissolved because its work so far “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.”
President of the Herceg Novi SNP committee Milan Jancic, 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 leader of the SNP had once again demonstrated "unprecedented political cowardice and personal insecurity".
They announced yesterday Djordje Račić from Kotor and Milan Bulatović from the Kolašin branch of that party, claiming that they did not participate in the decision-making at the Civic Council session, but that their names were on the list of those who voted affirmatively (voted “for”) on both points.
The events of the day before yesterday followed the stormy session of the Civic Council held in Podgorica last week. "Vijesti" reported at the time, citing a source who attended the session, that at that gathering there were arguments and assaults between the members of the Civic Council, and that the session continued only after, as the interlocutor 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.
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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 vice president of the party. Dragoslav ŠcekićThe possibility of being his opponent was not ruled out by Joković, who was given the "green light" by the SNP Statutory Commission in early April to run for a third term.
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