The head of the Councilor Club of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of Cetinje, Nikola Đurašković, wrote an open letter to the mayor of Priještina, Aleksandar Kašćelan, proposing to take the necessary measures to alleviate the socio-economic situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
"In fact, we are all witnesses to the fact that a large number of economic entities in our city are closed by the measures defined by the National Coordination Body (NCT), which results in an additional complicated socio-economic situation in Cetinje. I would like to point out that we absolutely support the measures implemented by the NCT and other state bodies with the aim of stopping the epidemic, but in parallel with these activities, we must, as soon as possible, define support measures for the citizens and the economy in Cetinje, in order to protect our fellow citizens, a large number of whom are on the brink of existence, and to give the local business sector strong support to survive and continue its business", states the letter that Đurašković.
He added that Kašćelan is aware of the fact that, otherwise insufficiently strong, the local business sector is not able to survive this period of crisis without serious support from the city and the state, and that this is the only way to preserve the local economy and the largest number of our fellow citizens to remain on to their workplaces.
"It must be our inviolable obligation. If we all fail in this together, we have failed the test of solidarity and responsibility, because this is not and must not be a time in which we will see who is from which party and in which we will divide, but all together, in the Cetinje way, work for the existence of everyone our fellow citizens and the survival of the local economy", said Đurašković.
That is why the head of the SDP Cetinje Committee Club suggests to Kašćelan that as soon as possible, he forms a working group composed of representatives of all political parties, local government, the business sector, trade unions and the non-governmental sector, which will have the task of preparing appropriate measures to support citizens and the economy and propose them, according in an urgent procedure, for adoption by the Assembly of the Capital City of Cetinje.
Đurašković also proposed a number of other measures.
"In that direction, we consider it necessary to define the following support measures:
1. Urgent adoption of the Decision on support to the local economy by awarding grants, which will place a special emphasis on business entities whose operations have been stopped or hampered during the period of the epidemic. The decision was mostly prepared by the working group in which I myself participated, and it can be submitted to the local parliament for approval as soon as possible;
2. Assistance of at least EUR 200,00 to the most socially vulnerable citizens of Prijestonica, covering the complete costs of electricity, water and internet for the months of the epidemic, as well as rent costs for those who have a suitable lease agreement for housing;
3. Assistance of at least 200,00 euros to all persons who are on the records of the Employment Office-Cetinje branch for the entire duration of the epidemic, covering the complete costs of electricity, water and internet for the months of the epidemic, as well as rent costs for those who have the appropriate housing rental agreement;
4. Assistance of at least EUR 200,00 to all pensioners whose pension is lower than EUR 150,00, for the entire duration of the epidemic, covering the complete costs of electricity, water and internet for the months of the epidemic, as well as rent costs for those who have a suitable contract on the lease of housing;
5. Covering the complete costs of salaries and contributions for entrepreneurs and companies whose facilities are closed or their operations are hampered, except for the consumer goods retail sector;
6. Subsidy from the Capital of Cetinje for water and sewage costs, for entrepreneurs and companies that, due to the current epidemiological situation, do not perform economic activity for a period of 6 months;
7. Subsidy of the Capital City of Cetinje for all services of DOO Komunalno-Cetinje for entrepreneurs and companies that, due to the current epidemiological situation, do not perform economic activity for a period of 6 months, as well as fees for the city market for registered agricultural producers;
8. All natural and legal persons, users of public areas, are exempted from paying local utility taxes for the entire year 2020;
9. All legal entities liable to pay the fee for the use of access roads are exempted from paying the fee for 2020;
10. Subsidy of the Capital City of Cetinje for the costs of leasing work space for entrepreneurs and companies whose facilities are closed for the duration of the epidemic;
11. Postponement of real estate tax payment for all individuals and legal entities, so that the first installment is due on September 30.09.2020, 01.12.2020. year, and the second on XNUMX. year, while considering the possibility that the Capital subsidizes the costs of real estate taxes for businessmen whose business activities were suspended during the period of the epidemic;
12. Postponement of the payment of the personal income tax surcharge for all individuals and legal entities for a period of 6 months;
13. Suspension of forced collection by the Capital of Cetinje and its companies for all individuals and legal entities for a period of at least 6 months."
According to Đurašković, funds for the implementation of the measures should be provided by urgent redirection from the capital budget defined by the Capital Development Program for 2020, the implementation of which will certainly not be at the required level.
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