The return of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) to power in Podgorica would be a political earthquake that would trigger some other processes in the country, according to the guests of the show "Sunday in the Rearview Mirror" on Television Vijesti.
The show "Sunday in the rear-view mirror" on Television Vijesti brings an overview of the events that marked the week behind us.
Director of the Center for Investigative Journalism, Milka Tadić Mijović, said that a lot of lists will participate in the elections in Podgorica and that it is difficult to manage and that the voters have started to react to what the political elites did in the previous period.
"I think that the elections are uncertain for all actors and will show the strength of certain parties and alliances. The previous local elections have shown that certain alliances and parties that were extremely strong have fallen quite a bit if we look at Budva, Andrijevica. We have seen that the Movement Europe is now (PES) is very shaken, we'll see what happens," Tadić Mijović said.
The Director of the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS), Vanja Ćalović Marković, pointed out that the most interesting thing will be who will agree on a coalition with whom after the elections.
"Certainly, the big question is how the PES, or the coalition between the PES and the Democrats, will fare, because possibly their poor result in the elections would lead to the strengthening of the demand to organize extraordinary parliamentary elections. It will be interesting to see how the government will be formed, especially when it comes to the relationship between the coalition led by Jakov Mialtović and the coalition PES and the Democrats. We have witnessed so many unimaginable coalitions when it comes to Podgorica, that is, that PES-Democrats and Jakov Milatović's list will agree is that realistic", appreciated Ćalović Marković.
Political analyst Sergej Sekulović believes that "all possible combinations are on the table" for the local elections in Podgorica.
"One scenario is that the parties that make up the current government have a majority, which would strengthen the government and would have stability. The second scenario is that they need someone for power, now we assume that it could be Milatović, however, some other actors are also pleading... That scenario remains open and the consequence would be that the Government would be weaker politically, but still strong enough, because Mialtović and the structure that supports him would naturally have to blunt a part of the blade if they were to form a coalition with them in the Government, with the DPS. That scenario is the least realistic in my opinion, but I wouldn't rule it out," Sekulović believes.
"The government is leading the pre-election economy, but the Europe Now 2 program is ready for everyone to vote. A wider national consensus is needed"
When asked whether the Government is leading the pre-election economy, Tadić Mijović believes that it is leading, and that it is "a new type of attempt to buy votes, by significantly increasing salaries before the elections and meeting unrealistic expectations".
"The question is how do these wages increase and what will this lead to. These wages do not increase because we increased productivity, got some new investors or something else, but it is about some kind of dangerous redistribution and all serious economists are wondering what will happen on example with the pension fund," said Tadić Mijović.
Sekuković believes that Montenegro needs large and strong investments and at least 15.000 to 20.000 new productive jobs. He also said that a broader national consensus is needed on the strategic direction of the country's development in the next 10 years.
Ćalović Marković pointed out that all politicians who criticize the Europe Now 2 program are ready to vote for it and have no intention of canceling it if they come to power.
"They criticize it because it is a program of another political party and it is popular among citizens," said Ćalović Marković, among other things.
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