The continuation of the session of the Pljevlja Municipal Assembly (MA), which only formally began on September 29th, is scheduled for Friday (December 12th), as agreed at yesterday's collegium of heads of the local parliament's councilor clubs.
This is the fourth attempt to hold the session after the previous three failed due to a lack of quorum and disagreements within the ruling majority, primarily in the New Serbian Democracy (NSD) club.
The political blockade in Pljevlja has been going on for almost three months, as six NSD councilors are not attending sessions, making it impossible to reach a quorum. They have not announced the reasons for the boycott to the public.
However, political circles have been speculating for months that some NSD councilors, close to the president of the party's municipal committee, Milan Lekić, has a silent conflict with the first man of Pljevlja and his party second By Daria VranesThis internal conflict culminated in the local parliament, leading to a complete blockade.
The ruling majority in Pljevlja is made up of the NSD, the Democrats, the Europe Now Movement, the Movement for Pljevlja, the Democratic People's Party, the Socialist People's Party and the United Party.
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Yesterday's agreement attempts to break the political blockade, in order to avoid possible consequences prescribed by law for not holding sessions.
According to the Law on Local Self-Government, the session must be completed within three months of its convening. That deadline expires on December 17th, given that the session was convened on September 17th.
The same regulation stipulates that if the local assembly fails to hold a session within six months, the Government shall issue a warning and set a deadline for holding a session. If the session is still not held, the local assembly shall be dissolved and compulsory administration shall be introduced, which is the path to early elections.
Given that the last session of the Municipal Assembly was held on July 3, the six-month deadline expires on January 3. If the session is not held by the end of December, and considering that January 1 and 2 are non-working days, the conditions will be created for the Government, after an additional period of time, which can be from 10 days to a month, to dissolve the Municipal Assembly and initiate the procedure for introducing compulsory administration.
According to the amended Law on the Election of Councilors and Representatives, early local elections can only be held if they are called at least nine months before the general local elections. As the general elections are scheduled for June 13, 2027, this means that the possible introduction of compulsory administration would open the way for early elections.
The final outcome should be known in the next two weeks, which will be crucial for the fate of the government.
Another session of the Municipal Assembly should be held by the end of the year, at which the budget for 2026 should be adopted. If it is not held, temporary financing would have to be used.
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