Jokić: The opposition will have to wait until 2027.

There was not enough support for the initiative, i.e. the proposal was rejected with 19 votes against.

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He claims that there are those in the MPA who work for the DPS: Jokić, Photo: Municipality of Kotor

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07.02.2026. 09:00h

The initiative to shorten the mandate of the Kotor Municipal Assembly (MA), submitted by the opposition, was not adopted at yesterday's session of that parliament.

There was not enough support for the initiative, that is, the proposal was rejected with 19 votes against, reports "Radio Kotor".

The initiative was signed by 11 councilors from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), the European Union and the Croatian Civic Initiative, which makes up a third of the total number of councilors in the Kotor Assembly.

The DPS Councilors' Club previously stated that they launched the initiative due to, as they claim, a gross and obvious violation of the Law on Local Self-Government, which, according to them, is reflected in the fact that the mayor of the municipality Vladimir Jokic (Democrats) was not elected within the legally prescribed period.

DPS claims that the local parliament, constituted at the end of December, should have elected the mayor within a month, while Jokić believes that none of the conditions have been met for a new vote on the matter.

Yesterday, at the Municipal Assembly session, Jokić said that the opposition wants to cause new political instability, to question the legitimacy of the Municipal Assembly in order to try to improve their election result in any way they can.

"Unfortunately, the opposition will have to wait until 2027 for that test," said Jokić, stating that the Ministry of Public Administration (MPA), which initiated the supervision procedure for the implementation of the Law on Local Self-Government, "is staffed by persons who are members of the DPS or have close ties to DPS officials."

The MPA reacted and called on Jokić to either document the illegalities of MPA officials, “or not to advertise.” They said that the minister Marash Dukaj "does not distribute or review membership cards, nor does it appoint officers to accompany the membership card."

Lawyers with whom "Vijesti" spoke said this week that a legal tangle has arisen in Kotor and that it is true that Jokić, who was re-elected to office almost a year ago, has a four-year term, but that it is also true that the mayor is elected no later than 30 days after the municipal council is constituted. All of this is prescribed by the Law on Local Self-Government in Articles 55 and 56.