The Public Relations Bureau of the Capital City has kept silent on almost all issues of "Vijesti" since the beginning of 2020, thus depriving the citizens of Podgorica, whose money it is financed, of information.
The team of Mayor Ivan Vuković's administration (DPS) in charge of communication with the media did not answer more than thirty sets of questions regarding the problems affecting citizens in various areas.
The silence without explanation has been going on for months since the beginning of the year, that is, since "Vijesti" published the story about the controversial organization of the Holiday Bazaar on Independence Square...
The practice continued during September, when the PG office did not answer questions regarding the distribution of free textbooks for first-year students, i.e. whether they have already been distributed to schools, if not - when will they...
In August, the citizens of Botun, Kokot and other settlements were denied answers based on the decision on which a large number of streets were named and houses marked with numbers.
The locals of Botun are surprised by the new names, they think they are inadequate, they claim that no one consulted them about it.
A resident of Gornji Kokota, who points out that he pays house tax and other duties, complained to "Vijesta" that when numbering his household was skipped...
However, no answer or clarification from the service, which has several employees, was received, and the same thing happened in August regarding the reconstruction of Veliše Mugoše Street under Gorica.
"Vijesti" asked how long the works would last, whether the first deadline for the completion of the work had been breached, and if so, why it happened.
The authorities from the Capital City did not find it necessary to inform the public why the business premises in 27. Marta Street were flooded in the recent storm, as well as whether the owner's accusations that it happened because the boards were not removed from the atmospheric sewage manholes are correct, and which should have been done a long time ago by the workers engaged in arranging the parking lot in the courtyard of the "Zabjelska Vektra" building.
Due to the resulting damage, the owners hired a lawyer, but the Capital City did not respond as to why the boards were not removed.
There were no answers even to the recently published text in which the "Parking Service" workers accused the management of the company of creating losses for years, of not showing real income, of not respecting the Collective and Branch Labor Agreement.
There were no answers to the questions to comment on the lawsuits of the workers regarding the reduction of wages based on the Mayor's Decision from 2013 and whether they received a response from the President of the Supreme Court Vesna Medenica to the letter sent in June in connection with the revision of the case.
Residents of Nikola Đurkovića Street in Masline complained to "Vijesti" that authorities from the Capital City have not responded to their petition asking for the reconstruction of that street for months. The answer to the question of "Vijesti" what will be done about it, whether the reconstruction of the street is planned and when, did not arrive.
The people in the Capital remained mute when asked about the international competition for the development of a conceptual solution for the reconstruction of the Independence Square, that is, they did not explain why it is necessary to reconstruct that space again and how much that investment would cost.
It was not answered how much the last reconstruction of the Square cost, which was done during the mandate of the former mayor Slavoljub Stijepović (DPS).
The public was deprived of the opinion of the other side, i.e. the position of the authorities from the "Parking Service", which the workers accuse of falsifying the Decision determining the calculation value of the coefficient, as well as whether there is a delay in the opening of fire stations in the summer fire season.
Restaurateurs from the city complained to "Vijesta" that the company "Deponija" sent them bills for waste disposal at a time when they were not working due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus and that, in an official letter from that company, they are asking for proof that they were not working during that period . The "News" did not answer whether the Capital City received complaints on this basis and whether something will be done about it.
In Podgorica, the Council for the improvement of the business environment in the area of the Capital City, i.e. the Business Council, was recently formed.
As stated, the activities of the Council will be aimed at coordinating the activities of local self-government bodies and other competent institutions with the aim of implementing priority reform measures and improving the business environment, which are aimed at removing business barriers.
The "News" did not answer what business barriers were observed in Podgorica, how the environment will be improved, how often the Council will meet, whether the members will receive compensation for their work and how much it will amount to, what specific actions they will take... There was no answer either. to a set of questions for City Television - that is, whether the opening date has been determined, how many of their own productions they will broadcast and what topics they will deal with, how many employees they will have...
In June, it was not answered whether the announced testing of the electronic ticket in city traffic had begun, if not - why and when it can be expected.
The company KIPS recently submitted to the Constitutional Court an initiative for the evaluation of the approval of the new Decision on maintaining cleanliness in the territory of Podgorica, because they claim that the company "Čistoća" and "Deponija" illegally, i.e. contrary to the Law on Municipal Activities, charge for the removal and deposit of waste.
They claim that the service must be charged to them as individual users, and not per square meter, but the Capital City did not respond to that either.
One of the rare answers arrived in March to the interest of the residents of Balijač in Zeta - whether the asphalting of the road along the railway will continue, that is, to the remaining seven or eight households to which the macadam still leads.
The authorities did not answer why the Municipal Police intervened on Zabjelo in Yerevanska Street, during the fight against the coronavirus.
"Vijesti" was interested in why the municipal police officers, as seen in the videos, do not respect the Government's order to maintain social distance, do not wear gloves, whether they will be held responsible for that...
The tenants of the building from Admiral Zmajevića Street complained during the first wave of the coronavirus that various wastes were being burned near the landfill, and that due to the insulation situation in the apartments they did not have much-needed air, but it was not answered whether the competent services were aware of this problem and whether nothing was done about it.
The capital also remained silent on how much the Moja Podgorica application cost, who worked on it, how much it will take for maintenance and who is in charge of that work.
The locals of Zlatica asked for a meeting in the capital regarding the construction of a boulevard from the former FK "Kom" stadium to the road that connects to the highway, but there was no answer as to whether the authorities would do anything about it.
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