Member of the Presidency of the Europe Now Movement (PES) Tihomir Dragaš told the leader of the Democratic People's Party (DNP) Milan Knežević that the parliamentary majority and the government will survive without him.
Dragaš made this announcement after Knežević, while appearing on A Plus television, said that Prime Minister Milojko Spajić would certainly be much happier if the DNP was not part of the Government of Montenegro.
"I would probably be happier if I didn't form a coalition with him. But what is certain is that necessity forced him and me to be together. Whether it was a big or small necessity, let the citizens judge," said Knežević.
Dragaš replied that "it's not good to do anything in life out of necessity."
"Perhaps, under the burden of daily sensationalist and tabloid statements that he probably also writes 'out of necessity', he has forgotten basic mathematical operations. His few MPs are in no way crucial for the survival of the majority, which is shown again and again, precisely in situations when DNP MPs do not vote in harmony with their colleagues from the ZBCG, nor with the rest of the parliamentary majority. The pro-European course of the Government remains stable and resistant to possible influences of the old regime, even in the event that Knežević decides to leave the majority. Therefore, there is no need for his concern, he can be completely calm - there is a Government without him and without DPS," said Dragaš.
He added that "ultimately, it is not good to do anything in life out of necessity: neither to be in a coalition with those you do not trust, nor to speak and vote on someone else's orders."
Knežević also said that the DNP does not intend to leave the government because, he claims, DPS representatives will immediately enter after that.
"They are just waiting for an opportunity. Danijela Živković's eyes are like a leopard's when it is stalking prey. He is just waiting to burst into the coalition space," said Knežević.
He added that the DNP, with its four MPs and two ministers, has not taken "a single anti-fascist, anti-ideological or anti-programmatic move."
"Now all my brothers, Serbs and Montenegrins, are criticizing me for being part of the majority, and they voted for Spajić. I am part of the majority with four MPs in the Parliament and two ministers. I have few hands, but little strength," says Knežević.
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