The residents of Botun, who were ordered by the Municipal Inspectorate to remove the tent they set up to protest the announced construction of a wastewater treatment plant by Wednesday, said that their existing tent is already small compared to the interest of citizens, and that they are considering setting up new ones.
The inspection, which went to the scene last Friday, claims that the tent was set up on territory owned by the Capital City, and the people of Botunja were ordered to remove the object within three working days.
"The competent authorities will come to see if we have acted according to the decision. Weather conditions are approaching, the rainy season, we are thinking differently. This tent is already small for us, given the interest of citizens in staying here. We are thinking about setting up new tents, so that all people can be taken care of, because this is our roof at the moment," local resident Slavko Vukčević told TV Vijesti's "Boje jutra", reporting from the scene.
He said they were not defending the tent, but fighting to prevent the construction of the plant.
Local resident Jagoš Bećirović called on representatives of the Capital City to "finally come to their senses" and "find a solution to the problem."
"Five years since the government changed, no one is doing anything. Mujović and Nišavić continue to work, it seems to me even worse than they did before," he said, referring to Podgorica Mayor Saša Mujović and the director of the Podgorica city utility Vodovod i kanalizacija, Aleksandar Nišavić.
"If they don't come to their senses, the problem won't be solved. If they think about sending the police and the army, feel free to do so, these are our brothers, godfathers, comrades, we are Montenegrins on our own land. Let them come to their senses and rack their brains a little," added Bećirović.
He says that Mujović previously said that he should "put his finger on his forehead", and "now he has changed".
Vukčević said he believes that "in addition to the small number of obedient people in the services of the Capital City", there are those who know that removing the tents "does not eliminate these people" who, as he claims, will come in much larger numbers.
"It's trying to build by force on someone else's territory... The sooner they find another location, the sooner they solve the problem," he said.
Bećirović said that "there is no God that can build here."
"We can pick up 500 to 1.000 people at any moment, the whole of Zeta is behind us," said the local resident.
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