The residents of Botun gathered en masse due to the announcement by Podgorica Mayor Saša Mujović that inspections would be carried out due to a tent set up across from a part of the plot where the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Botun (collector) is planned.
They say there is no reason for the inspection to react because they are just exercising their constitutionally guaranteed rights to protest.
One of the locals, Jagoš Bećirovič, says that he does not understand why the Capital City and Mujović have been announcing the arrival of the inspection for days.
"Because we pitched the tent to protect ourselves from the rain. If only they had given us a tent too, so that we wouldn't get wet while exercising our constitutionally guaranteed rights to peaceful protest. If only someone sensible would have been found by now to finally remove the noose from our necks because first KAP poisoned us, and now they are sending us another polluter to this area," he said, emphasizing that "entering into that project was completely insane."
"Yesterday I listened to the Prime Minister's Hour. Prime Minister Milojko Spajić says that in Tokyo he lived next to a sewage collector, without even knowing what it was. And I also heard that in China a corrupt minister was sentenced to the strictest sentence. So it's not the same there and here. There, the laws and the people are respected, but here nothing happens as soon as you grab the armchairs. I believe him that he was in Japan, that he lived next to a sewage collector, but he never lived next to KAP and next to the announced incinerator," Bećirović said.
He emphasized that the people of Botunja love their country and family and that is why they oppose the construction of the collector.
"(Mayor) Mujović and (Waterworks Director Aleksandar) Nišavić should not be so committed to poisoning our children," concluded Bećirović.
Fellow citizens from Botun were also supported by the Democratic Councilor in the Zeta Municipal Assembly, Luka Krstović.
In a statement to "Vijesti", he warned that the residents of Botun are peacefully exercising their constitutionally guaranteed right to protest. He also pointed out that the border between Zeta and Podgorica has not yet been demarcated.
He explains that the plot where the tent is currently located is on the territory of the Capital City, but that the demarcation of the two municipalities will show that it is still the territory of the Zeta municipality.
"I also have documentation from 1925 according to which this territory belongs to Zeta," said Krstović.
Asked what he expects from the referendum that will be held in about 15 days, the Democratic councilor says that he first expects support from the rest of Zeta for his neighbors from Botun.
He states that the results of the referendum are not binding on Podgorica, but they give more opportunities to the Municipality of Zeta and President Mihailo Asanović to get involved and react during the construction process of the plant.
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