The Ministry of Public Administration informed the Assembly of the Municipality of Pljevlja that no assumptions have been made that the Government is considering the Municipality's request for consent to changes in the statute, which stipulates that the new Municipality Day will be October 20 instead of November 27, which coincides with the Orthodox holiday of Holy Friday.
This information was confirmed to "Vijesti" by the president of the local parliament Jovana Tošić.
The decision on the new Municipal Day was made by the parliamentary majority at the end of September last year.
The ministry he heads Marash Dukaj the notification to the local administration was delivered only after a year after the request was submitted.
"The Government did not consider the mentioned issue because it was not on the agenda of the Government session. Accordingly, she could not give consent for the reason that the Ministry of Public Administration considers that the prerequisites for consideration of the request in question by the Government of Montenegro have not been created. From the Ministry of Public Administration, we received a response to the request for consent to the Decision on the established Draft of Amendments to the Statute of the Municipality of Pljevlja, in which, among other things, it is stated that the Ministry was not provided with a report from the conducted public hearing and the acts of the state institutions of Montenegro on the events that determined the proponent to propose that the holiday of the Municipality of Pljevlja be October 27," said Tošić.
President of the Municipality Dario Vranes he recently told "Vijesta" that the government's silence for more than a year can only be interpreted as humiliating Pljevlja and the people of Pljevlja.
"For a whole year, the local parliament's decision on the day of the municipality has been waiting for approval in some cabinet of the ministry. This silence for a year can only be interpreted as a humiliation of Pljevlja and the people of Pljevlja," said Vraneš.
He called on the line ministry and the government to "clearly, loudly and unequivocally state whether it respects the majority opinion of the citizens of Pljevlja and whether it gives its consent to the decision of the representatives of the people in the local parliament."
The President of the Municipality also said that the dates of the Municipal Day of many Montenegrin Municipalities coincide with religious holidays and that due to this fact, Pljevlja should not be an exception.
"The Day of the Municipality of Podgorica is December 19. when the Orthodox holiday of St. Nicholas is also celebrated. Mojkovac Municipality Day is January 7, when the Orthodox Christmas is celebrated, Kolašin (Velika Gospojina), Tivat November 21 (Saint Aranđel), Bar Municipality Day is November 24, when the Orthodox holiday is Mratindan, which many families celebrate as the glory of baptism, and Berane Municipality Day on July 21, when it is also the Orthodox holiday of St. Prokopius. We ask that the day of the municipality of Pljevlja be October 27 and that Pljevlja will not be an exception to other Montenegrin municipalities", said Vraneš earlier.
Councilors of the Municipal Assembly, by a majority of votes at the end of September last year, adopted the decision on changes to the Statute, which change the day of the municipality. Councilors of the New Serbian Democracy, Democratic People's Party, Movement for Pljevlja, United Montenegro, SNP and three Democrats voted for the changes. One Democratic alderman, Milojica Tešović, he was reserved. The members of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), the Bosniak Party (BS) and the member of the URE were against, while the members of the Movement Europe now left the hall before the vote.
Previously, they requested that the decision be postponed and that a referendum be called where the citizens would have their say.
Explaining his proposal to celebrate October 27 as the Day of the Municipality of Vraneš, he said that it is the most significant, historically grounded and glorious day for all citizens of Pljevlja, regardless of religious, national, political or other affiliation.
"On that day, Pljevlja was liberated twice from the occupiers, in 1912 from centuries-old Turkish slavery, and in 1918 from the Austro-Hungarian occupier. Without the intention of diminishing the importance of anyone's sacrifice or any other date, October 27 is the most significant and brightest day in our municipality, the day when the sun of freedom shone on all the people of Pljevlja. This is what historical data and the living memory of our fellow citizens tell us," Vraneš said.
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