Mujović: After the tragedy in Cetinje, the focus was shifted away from the families of the victims, and they are the ones suffering the most

The guest of the Sunday in the rear-view mirror show on Television Vijesti is the mayor of Podgorica, Saša Mujović

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The mayor of Podgorica, Saša Mujović, said that after everything from the tragedy in Cetinje on January 1, it seems to him "that the families of the victims have been marginalized, put aside".

"And in the first row are those who are protesting or others, who think differently. The focus is shifted away from those who are suffering the most at this moment," said Mujović in the show Sunday in the rearview mirror on Television Vijesti.

He said that Cetinje as a city was systematically destroyed and that now "we have the consequences of that".

"Once it was a developed industrial city, you no longer have anything from that industry. Now you have come to a situation where 100 or 200 euros in that city is a mental noun for you. A suitable ground has been created for organized criminal groups to create recruitment centers in such cities. When you have the arrival of organized criminal groups, you have an even greater stratification of the population and an even greater level of frustration among those people...", said Mujović, among other things.

About resignations in the security sector

Asked about the demands of both the Assembly of the Capital Cetinje and the organizers of the protest to resign key persons in the security sector, Mujović said:

"It is a legitimate right of everyone to ask for what they think is adequate. I do not think that the responsibility lies exclusively with the MUP and Minister Danilo Šaranović. That problem is very complex...".

Speaking about the Democrats' position that the protests are organized by "DPS, criminal clans..." Mujović said that he, as someone who comes from the University, and that for him the need to be a man, to express himself freely, is an urgent need.

"I'm not going to get into who is the inspiration, who is behind what. It's not pleasant when you see people in the front rows who you can't consider convinced democrats, and that's why I would avoid that story. Protests happen, people have a certain amount of need to express themselves... ", said Mujović.

"Budva - a harsher example of the worst Balkan behavior"

Regarding the events in Budva and the local parliament, Mujović said that he thought it was an ugly message.

"The ugly image and the fame that is being created around the Budva parliament, the impossibility of forming it in a civilized way is not a good message. This is a more brutal example of the worst Balkan behavior," Mujović said.

Asked to comment on whether the police should have sent some of their own people after the speech that there are criminals in Budva and from international lists, he answered:

"I find your position completely logical and supportive. And there is a lot of room for the prosecutor's office to investigate those persons of security interest".

Mujović said that he would not prevent or defend anyone from forming a government with DPS.

"I support all municipal parliaments to be functional," he said.

He said that the Europe Now Movement and Democratic Montenegro were clear "that they will not behave irresponsibly".

"The position of PES is that we want the Budva parliament to be functional and that we will not do any performances or obstructions in the work of that parliamentarian. If the government is formed, let it function. We will not act like the opposition in the republican parliament," said Mujović.

On the coalition with the Movement for Podgorica: "I trust those people, we have become part of one team"

Speaking about the coalition with the Movement for Podgorica, close to the state president Jakov Milatović, after which the government in Podgorica was formed, he said that he enters it with "the greatest possible confidence".

"I trust these people, we became part of a team. We got a new chance to show how much we know what we can do. And I believe that we will not get any more corrections. We have to do our best and give the result that the citizens of Podgorica expect from us".

He also said that all the spoken words and poisonous arrows exchanged with the Movement for Podgorica, before and after the local elections in Podgorica, were "forgotten".

"Botun is the optimal location for the construction of a collector plant"

Mujović said that many years of analysis have shown that Botun is the optimal location for the construction of a collector plant.

"This is a project of state importance and the state could act from a position of power and say that there are no talks and negotiations and that the facility must be built. My approach will not be that way. I want to visit the president of the Municipality of Zeta, to exchange views, but also to see with the locals what they consider problematic..." he said.

"Velje Brdo is a good development opportunity"

Mujović assessed that the Velje brdo project is "a very good development opportunity for Podgorica and Montenegro".

"I would say that the answer of the Government of Montenegro to the question of what you are doing and what you will do is to help young married couples and to keep their intelligence - Velje brdo is the answer to that. The government has decided to help those who need help in the best possible way and on favorable terms".

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