The president of the Democratic People's Party (DNP), Milan Knežević, said that Prime Minister Milojko Spajić should attend a meeting with the people of Botun in the coming days "and place a moratorium on the construction of the plant in Botun, until the contract and the project see the light of day."
He also said, while appearing on Aplus television, that Spajić did not schedule a meeting with the Botunjans.
"That's my information. Spajić said that the people of Botun should send him a request for that meeting, and knowing the people of Botun, they won't send him that request. They invited Spajić to a meeting several times, either to come to Botun or to receive them in the cabinet. I told him that during the prime minister's hour," said Knežević.
Knežević believes that Spajić, as the first man in the executive branch, must show responsibility and statesmanship because, as he says, the situation in Botun could escalate.
"If Podgorica Mayor Saša Mujović says that outlaws will march on Botun, he will certainly encounter some kind of passive resistance. There will be children and the elderly, people will set up tractors, trucks, excavators, backhoes... NATO will not be able to remove that. And the people of Botun are being wrongly portrayed as toothless savages who are obsessed with my appearance and only listen to me," said Knežević.
He added that negotiations regarding the plant in Botun are ongoing, and are being interrupted.
"I hope that we will reach a compromise solution that will not endanger the health of the citizens of Borun and Gornja Zeta. That is why I call on Spajić to continue the dialogue and to reach a solution. Let them not stop looking for solutions. I am an incorrigible optimist and it is my job to believe until the end," said the DNP leader.
Knežević advises that talks about the collector should continue without threats of dates, without announcements of tent demolitions, repressions, and ways in which the state will show its strength.
"Every time the state tried to show strength, it backfired. I hope it won't be the case in Zeta this time."
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Knežević points out that it is better to wait another year and meet the needs of the residents of Botuni, Zeta and Podgorica, than to enter into something that is difficult to predict.
"I apologize if I misunderstood Mujović, since we spoke briefly yesterday in the Assembly hall, but if he did not see all the items in the contract, I believe there is room for agreement," he said.
He is glad that Mujović and the residents of Botuni spoke in what he said was a cultural and civilized atmosphere.
"Let the tension between Zeta and Podgorica decrease a little. We started to see each other with blood and a knife, and until yesterday we were one," said Knežević.
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