The municipal election commission in Kotor, by the votes of members from the previous government led by DPS, today awarded one mandate to the Croatian Citizen Initiative as a minority list in the local elections and reduced the number of mandates to the Democrats, who now have eight councilors instead of nine. Democrats, but also the coalition "For the future of Kotor" led by DF, they claim that it is an illegal alteration of the electoral will citizens and that the HGI did not realize the right to a mandate. Despite this, the Democrats say that with the coalitions "For the Future of Kotor" and "Crno na bijelo" led by the URA, as well as with the one term Socialist Snežana Jonica, they have an undisputed majority of 17 councilors for the formation of government in that city. They have already informally agreed on coalition cooperation, as well as work priorities.
"Let's first see how much money is left in the city budget, how much money was spent and on what, and immediately after that let's see how the tourism industry can be helped in terms of mitigating the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We left five million euros in the account, the question is how much we will find today and whether there is anything in that cash register", said Vladimir Jokić from Demokrat.
Jokić says that democratic principles dictate that the position of the first man of the city goes to the party with the largest number of mandates won, in, for him, an already agreed upon coalition.
Does this mean that the post of mayor is going to the Democrats?
"It should," says Jokić.
On the other hand, in Tivat it is not yet certain who will be the new local government.
Although the opposition civic list "Narod pobejeđeja" has informally agreed to cooperate with the Boke Forum and the civic list led by Goran Božović, to change the DPS government after 24 years, they also need the support of one member of the SDP.
"I believe that they will go in a positive direction and that in the end we will reach an agreement and agreement and form a new municipal government", said Željko Komnenović from the civic list "The People Wins".
The holder of the SDP list in Tivat, Aleksandar Đurović, said in a telephone conversation with TV Vijesti that they have not yet made a decision to whom they will support, and that they should do so by the end of the week. If Đurović does not support anyone or supports the ruling DPS and its partners SD and HGI, the elections in Tivat could be repeated. Komnenović claims that there is no time to waste, because the new government has a lot of work to do.
"Rationalization of local administration, systematization of jobs in local administration, stabilization of the budget, which is in a catastrophic state and that Tivat is now an over-indebted and over-burdened municipality. We are facing a really difficult period in the next five or six months.
The few citizens who wanted to be in front of the TV Vijesti camera have modest demands towards the new administration.
In the meantime, things have been clear in Budva for a long time, so the old-new government in that city has already scheduled a constitutive session of the local parliament for the beginning of next week. Marko Carević from DF returns to the chair of the President of the Municipality, and Krsto Radović from the Democrats to head the Assembly. That is why they have already focused on solving the main problems in the city.
"Due to the blockage of accounts in which Budva is located, we have a certain backlog of obligations to both workers and suppliers, so our priority will be the unblocking of accounts and the normal functioning of the city's budget. Due to the bad economic situation due to the weak tourist season, one period that follows is the rehabilitation of precisely that tourist offers and influx of tourists for the next year," said Nikola Jovanović from DF.
The coalition "For the future of Budva" led by the DF won 14 local mandates and the Democrats six, while the new government will also include the URA, which won one mandate.
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