Vranes accused the police in Pljevlja of not protecting the public interest.

The President of the Municipality of Pljevlja, Dario Vraneš, accused the police in Pljevlja of not protecting the public interest and not responding to their requests to allow the contractor to carry out work on the reconstruction of Omladinska Street, which is being prevented by several residents of the surrounding buildings.

"Several DPS activists are blocking the construction of the reconstruction of Omladinska Street in Pljevlja on a daily basis. Although the construction site is properly fenced off and a construction sign has been installed, several citizens are preventing the work from continuing by climbing on construction machinery and breaking the protective fences of the construction site, all in full view of the Pljevlja police, which, despite our daily demands as investors, is not responding. As long as the Pljevlja police are managed by DPS personnel, they will not protect the interests of the citizens of Pljevlja," Vraneš said in a statement.

He said that today, the Pljevlja police are headed by "the same people who led the Pljevlja police during the procession, arresting and detaining citizens while defending their church."

"Some people are obviously bothered by the fact that the plunder of Pljevlja has been stopped and that our city has finally started developing its infrastructure. A group of DPS activists are obviously, with someone's tacit support, violating the law in the most brutal way, obstructing the contractor in his work, all in full view of the police, so it can easily be concluded that both are receiving instructions from the same kitchen. As the Mayor, I did not hide in an armchair in the office, but was with my colleagues from the municipal police and inspection service the whole time, and it will be like this until the last day until all the work is completed. I have sent an urgent message to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Šaranović, and I publicly call on him to stop the mockery of the state and state institutions by a few passionate DPS activists, because citizens are following everything carefully, they know who is working in their interests. No one can stop the development of Pljevlja," said the Mayor.

Residents living directly along the projected road route recently did not allow the investor to mark the construction site, and they also called on the municipality's leadership to abandon the construction of the road, as it would endanger the surrounding buildings and residents living there.

"The main reasons for our opposition to the construction of the street are that the legally defined conditions were not respected, that is, there was no public discussion about this project. We are not familiar with the details of the project nor do we see any public interest for the local community. Such a construction method is not in line with the public interest to mutual satisfaction, and the safety of the buildings, as well as the pedestrians themselves on the specified route, is questionable, due to the high retaining walls, proximity to residential areas, creation of cuts between residential buildings, disruption of the quality of life, destruction of green areas and the like," said one of the residents, Rade Potpara.

Potpara recently filed a criminal complaint on behalf of the tenants against the Municipality of Pljevlja and the Directorate for Development and Investments, because they believe that the local government wants to build a hundred meters of road near the city center, regardless of the interests of the citizens.

Due to the intention to build the road, he also filed a report with the Urban Planning and Construction Inspection, but, as he says, no one has reacted to this day.