Bašanović and Kažić to Vuković: Knežević is not behind the protests in Botun, Kukuličić never led them

Bojan Bašanović and Vesko Kažić, residents of Botun, announced today that the president of the Democratic People's Party and one of the leaders of the Democratic Front (DF) Milan Knežević is not behind the protest in Botun against the construction of a collector in that settlement.

They reacted to the announcement of the mayor of Podgorica, Ivan Vuković.

Bašanović and Kažić also said that Momčilo Kukuličić never led protests against the construction of the collector.

Vuković stated in his statement that "one month ago, during a tour of Zeta, he was verbally attacked by Momčilo Kukuličić, who led one of the earlier protests regarding the construction of the plant, with death threats."

Yesterday morning, the police detained and then released several residents of Botun who were protesting the construction of the collector.

"Dear Mayor, we will start with the fact that Mr. Kukulićič has never led protests against the construction of a collector - given that he is not even a resident of Botun, but we would certainly like to thank all those who provided and continue to provide daily support to the residents of Botun in our fight for a healthy environment We remind you that the majority opinion of the inhabitants of Botun, regardless of their political affiliation, is well known to you, as evidenced by the petitions of all the inhabitants, which we delivered to you. started to talk about the construction of a collector in Botun when the mentioned project provided funds for hospitalization of the population - it has not changed. Also, your allegations that Mr. Knežević is behind the protests - they are absolutely not true, but we certainly thank Mr. Knežević, our neighbor and Zećanin, at the same time to all political groups and the Coalition for Sustainable Development (KOR) who have stood up for the locals, who have been expressing their democratic attitude towards this issue for months in a cultured and civilized manner," said Bašanović and Kažić.

They told Vuković that "the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, at the end of last week, unanimously voted on the proposal for a resolution on the right to a healthy environment as one of the human rights".

"And not to mention Articles 6 and 23 of the Constitution of Montenegro, the Aarhus Convention and many other international regulations and documents to which our country has committed itself. Why, as the president of all the citizens of Podgorica and at the same time as a university professor and doctor of political science, did you not organize a plebiscite in which citizens freely declared whether they want a collector near their homes? Do we need to remind you about the current collector and all the troubles that torment the citizens who live near it, the collectors in Budva and Tivat, and the problems faced by the citizens of the mentioned municipalities and seasonal tourists. Why did Zeta and the inhabitants of Zeta complain about you and your predecessors, so you place all the biggest environmental polluters in Zeta: KAP-Uniprom, red mud basins, the planned national landfill for hazardous waste, numerous asphalt bases, etc.," said Bašanović and Kažić.

They called on Vuković to "get involved in solving the aforementioned environmental problems in Zeta, and to make the most fertile plain in Montenegro, which, considering the resources it has, can feed the whole of Montenegro, a place where you can make a living from your work." .

"On this occasion, we invite you and the representatives of the relevant ministry to sit down at the table and through dialogue come to a common solution - which will be in the interest of all citizens. Once again, we invite you to consider alternative locations for the construction of the plant, because the same is required by the Elaborate on the impact assessment on life environment, as well as the locations proposed by the residents of Botun to the Government of Montenegro under number 03 2257 of 04.05.2021/01/587 and the line ministry under number 2-05.05.2021/500 of 700/XNUMX/XNUMX. There are two locations in question, one on Ćemovsko polje near KIPS, and the other also in the Ćemovsko polje - opposite the Voli logistics center. The locations in question are located at the same altitude, so your main argument about the free gravity of the sludge does not stand. The proposed locations are only XNUMX -XNUMX m from the planned location, which would have excellent access to the plant - considering that they are located right next to the main road Podgorica-Bar. , which are susceptible to fires from year to year, especially during the summer months. Why not, at some point, think about connecting the waste water of another big polluter, which is located near the planned plant - the company Plantaže", said Bašanović and Kažić.

They said that they were also interested in discussing the technologies that Vuković planned to build as part of the future collector.

"You are also aware, as someone who was educated abroad, that incinerators today are something that is "outmoded", something that is not practiced in the countries of Western civilization - which I am sure, we all aspire to. We will give ourselves for freedom, as people who He has been dealing with ecology for about 15 years, so that we can propose technology that will treat waste water as a raw material and not as waste, and such plants will be self-sustaining, and the carbonization process of sewage sludge, which has long existed in Germany - in which there are no negative emissions for life the environment because Germany introduced the mandatory recycling of phosphorus from sewage sludge starting in 2017. In this way, the mass of sludge is reduced, and the residues are carbonized into coal, which does not pollute the environment - because this ecological process does not release carbon dioxide, but binds it to coal that is stored as such as a building material, as an addition to the soil, asphalt, etc. It is a sophisticated technology that is environmentally friendly and is already used by the most developed countries of the West. Here is an opportunity to show your greatness and democratic capacity, which we most sincerely think you possess, and to jointly solve this decade-long environmental problem. In the hope that you will consider our initiative, we warmly welcome you, Bojan Bašanović, M.Sc., and Vesko Kažić, M.Sc., specialist", concludes the announcement.