Police could soon intervene in Botuna at the request of the Capital City

Security services are checking whether one of the former football workers from that area and a former member of the JSO has taken over security in Zeta.

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From the protest held on Sunday in Botun, Photo: Tina Popović
From the protest held on Sunday in Botun, Photo: Tina Popović
Disclaimer: The translations are mostly done through AI translator and might not be 100% accurate.

Podgorica Mayor Saša Mujović may soon send an official request to the police to assist city services in removing tents from the plot where the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Botun is planned.

The newspaper's source claims that the request has not yet been officially sent, but that it could happen during the day.

According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", security services are checking the veracity of the information - that "security logistics for the rally are being formed" on that field in Zeta, that is, that the tent security will be taken over by a company that is linked to a man, a former football worker from that area, but also a person who held a high position in the infamous Special Operations Unit (JSO) during the 1990s.

According to the same information, he has been linked to securing protests and other events in Belgrade, including the organization of an informal space known as "Ćacilend", where this work is carried out through private companies engaged in field control.

One of the interlocutors claims that in this way they are trying to transfer the already applied political model from Serbia to Montenegro:

"Where institutional mechanisms are not sufficient, football-fan and private security structures enter the scene... In this context, the actions of a politician from that region can be seen as an attempt to transfer the model of so-called 'field mobilization' - instead of dialogue through institutions, the emphasis is placed on a demonstration of strength and control of the field, relying on private structures with experience in securing politically sensitive gatherings," he said.

The people of Botunja have been protesting for weeks under tents on plots owned by Podgorica and claim that they will not allow the construction of the plant. They recently had a meeting with Mujović, but they rejected his offer, which, among other things, included jobs for the people of Botunja in the future plant, joint control of its work, and the inclusion of representatives of the Municipality of Zeta in the entire process...

At the gathering on Sunday, they said that they can talk again with the Podgorica authorities only after the referendum in the Zeta municipality, which is scheduled for December 14th.

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