SEP and URA are still deliberating whether to sign the European Union's initiative to shorten the mandate of the Capital City Assembly

The proposal of the opposition European Alliance to shorten the mandate of the Capital City Assembly was supported yesterday by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), so it will enter the procedure. The rest of the Podgorica opposition has not yet declared whether they will sign.

DPS confirmed to "Vijesti" yesterday that they will collect signatures by the end of the day. The European Union is represented by three councilors, and DPS by 19, so two political entities have the necessary 20 signatures for the initiative to be on the agenda.

The Party of European Progress (SEP) told the editorial team yesterday that they would decide today whether to initial the initiative, while the Civic Movement URA previously announced that they would hold a meeting to decide, but according to "Vijesti", it has not yet been organized.

Yesterday, SEP announced on the "Iks" network that it has not yet formally received the initiative, and that it will make a decision once it receives it.

"The fact is that this initiative does not have majority support," they stated, saying that it would be "most fair for the mandate to be returned to the citizens and for elections to be called."

The SEP announced on "Iks" that the comment by the representative of the European Union Nikola Zirojević about the “possibly 'fugitive' councilor” of SEP - “incorrect and infantile”. Zirojević recently sent a message to the SEP president Duško Marković so that it wouldn't be the first time that a councilor has "escaped" from his party.

Representatives of the European Union announced the submission of the initiative in the middle of last week, stating that the disrupted inter-party relations in the Podgorica government have made its further functioning impossible and that therefore early elections are necessary.

The initiative, as "Vijesti" wrote, does not have a majority to vote on.

The Capital City Assembly has 59 councilors. The ruling majority, until the recent decisions of the Free Montenegro and the Democratic People's Party (DNP) to leave it, consisted of 31 councilors: the Europe Now Movement - Democrats alliance has 14 representatives, the parties of the former Democratic Front (of which the DNP is a part) with minor partners have 13 councilors, and the Movement for Podgorica has four.

With the withdrawal of Slobodna, which has one councilor, and then DNP, which has four, the ruling coalition "falls" to 26 representatives, and must seek the support of at least four from the opposition in order to "survive".

DNP left the state government and the ruling coalition in Podgorica about ten days ago. This was preceded by the government's refusal to support their demands for resolving identity issues. In addition, DNP also sought dialogue on the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Botun, which they considered controversial. The government crisis in the capital began over the collector issue.

Slobodna left power after Dajković was suspended for protesting in Botun during working hours.