The municipal committees of the Civic Movement URA from Kotor, Herceg Novi and Tivat formed the Boke initiative at the founding session last night. They point out that it is the first regional body of a party in Montenegro.
"Inspired by the common desire that Boka, as a unique entity in the cultural, socio-economic and every other sense, should come out of the shadows in the foreseeable future, and take the place it deserves as potentially the most developed region in Montenegro, we formed the Boke initiative", it is written in the memorandum which were signed by the representatives of the three municipal boards of the GP URA from Boka Kotor.
The URA announced that the memorandum also states that the goal of the Boke initiative is "to ask Boka", because in the previous period "we took a lot from Boka, but returned very little".
"Hospitality and Bokek tameness have always been abused and thus desecrated rather than improved. Instead of enjoying one of the most beautiful bays in the world, we allowed that beauty to be damaged by unplanned, excessive construction and uncontrolled development of tourism," said that party.
At the founding session, Adela Barba from Kotor was elected president of the Boke initiative, while Nikola Radman from Herceg Novi and Ljubomir Jovanović from Tivat were elected vice presidents. In addition to them, the working body of the Bokeška initiative also consists of: Nebojša Ševaljević, Milan Đaković, Ana Vukasović, Anto Peruđini, Milica K. Coppola, Aco Božović, Ilija Peulić, Đorđi Crnogorčević, Jasmina Kosać, Magdalena Čelanović, Dragan Marić and Marjan Brčić.
The president of the Citizens' Movement URA, Dritan Abazović, congratulated the formation of the Bokeška initiative and "provided full support". He also said that the caucus of that party is ready to accept all proposals that will come from the Boke initiative and propose them to the Assembly for adoption, starting with the Law on Local Self-Governments.
"Boka is the pearl of Montenegro, but unfortunately it is not valued enough, the attitude towards Boka must be fairer. We tried to contribute to the development of Boka during our mandate, by returning the ferry line to state ownership, which now brings several million in profit to the state, we returned and Pine in the ownership of the Municipality of Tivat. During our mandate, the Kotor-Lovćen cable car, which we have been waiting for for decades, was also completed, and the construction of the Tivat-Jaz boulevard, as one of the most important infrastructure projects not only for Boka, but also for the entire country it must not stop there, the development of infrastructure in the area of the Gulf must be a priority of all authorities because Boka deserves it," said Abazović.
"God gave everything to Boka, it's up to us to be a little braver and wiser and to make sure that every citizen, above all of Boka Kotor, can be proud of the most promising region of Montenegro," he concluded.
"Bokeška fjaka and sleepiness cannot be an excuse for a passive attitude towards our problems. We do not want to wait for others to solve our problems, it is always a good moment and the right time for good ideas and solutions. I invite all of you, who share the same views with us , to take part in the work of the Bokeška initiative, to send us your ideas and suggestions. We are bound by common tradition, history, living space, culture, but also common problems, and only together can we solve them," said Adela Barba, the newly elected president of Bokeška. initiatives.
"Our goal is to include in the Boke initiative all people who love Boka, civic activists, non-governmental organizations, in order to jointly contribute to the cooperation between the three municipalities and thus contribute to the development of Boka," said the newly elected vice president of the Boke initiative, Nikola Radman.
Ljubomir Jovanović pointed out that Boka Kotorska is one of the most important resources of Montenegro, and that in order to adequately valorize this economic potential, it is necessary to ask the people who live in Boka. He added that it is necessary to initiate amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government, as well as all other laws and by-laws, in order to contribute to "strengthening the influence of the citizens of Boka on issues that concern themselves."
Blažo Radjenović, the list holder of the Citizens' Movement URA in the local elections in Budva, said that Morsko dobro, led by him, achieved "historic results".
"We worked to decentralize the management, we managed to return the ferry line to state ownership. My wish was that the municipalities of Herceg Novi and Tivat take over the management of the ferry line, but the local governments were not ready for that. We also wanted Return Škver port to the ownership of the Municipality of HercegNovi, as we did with Pina, which we returned to the ownership of the Municipality of Tivat," said Radjenović.
He also said that he is sure that the URA "through the 45th Government will return to the citizens what was stolen from them and that they failed to complete through the 43rd Government", but also that they will terminate "all the harmful contracts signed by Spajić these days The government plans to sign to the detriment of citizens, and for the interests of individuals, as DPS has been doing for decades". He also concluded that on May 26, in the elections in Budva, he will show that URA is "different from others", with the desire to work exclusively in the interest of all citizens.
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