Residents of Beogradska Street in Podgorica are on guard tonight after several unknown perpetrators cut down a 70-year-old protected tree on the night between Friday and Saturday.
As they told "Vijesti", they will stand guard until morning because they don't want "something similar to happen again".
"Tomorrow is the first working day after this infraction, so we hope to receive a more concrete reaction from the relevant services, especially from the Capital City and the police," they said.
Residents of that street gathered on Saturday behind the Ziya Hotel, where the fallen tree still stands, and among other things, said that the consequences of its illegal cutting could be catastrophic, and that they called the Municipal Police, who, as they stated, "reacted rather lukewarmly."
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They also held a protest last Monday, May 19, because unknown workers had begun illegally digging and excavating in the yard behind the hotel almost two weeks ago. They said at the time that they would not allow a residential and commercial building to be built on the green area.
The capital reacted yesterday with a statement and sent a clear message - that the position of the city administration and Podgorica Mayor Saša Mujović is very clear and that they are against the construction of the controversial facility.
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