The ruling majority in Pljevlja is stable, functioning well, and this is best seen in the results, said the Mayor of the Municipality, Dario Vraneš.
"For the first time in 20 years, the number of champions is higher than last year, that's the result," Vraneš said on "Colors of Morning" on TV Vijesti.
He said that the key issue at the moment is to lift the ban on construction in locations where there will be no coal mining.
He claims that for decades the interests of Pljevlja were subordinated to the interests of the Electric Power Industry, the Coal Mine and the Thermal Power Plant.
"Around the very edge of the city, the Coal Mine, or TPP, EPCG and the Government imposed a construction ban in 1990. It is clear to everyone that coal will never be mined there. But, because of that ban, people cannot obtain UTU conditions, they cannot build anything, they cannot withdraw money from funds... We are going with an initiative to the local parliament, to lift the construction ban in all places where there will be no coal mining, so that people can comfortably work, build, and the municipality can develop. That is the key issue at the moment," said Vraneš.
The local government in Pljevlja has changed the road signs in the city center, so instead of signs showing the distance from major world metropolises, there are now road signs written in Cyrillic with the distance from Belgrade, Banja Luka, Prizren and Knin.
Vranes said that they did this symbolically on August 30, because in the parliamentary elections on that date in 2020, "the dictatorial regime of Milo Đukanović fell."
He says that "there has been a great media hype" for no reason and that the New Serbian Democracy, of which he is an official, is "unequivocally and clearly" in favor of joining the European Union.
"In the coming period, the NSD and its coalition partners will bring Montenegro into the EU, that is beyond doubt. However, we will not agree to completely lose ourselves in order to enter the EU. I don't know why anyone is frustrated by the fact that we included those cities. All of the cities listed - Knin, Banja Luka, Belgrade and Prizren - are really closer to us. A number of people live in Pljevlja who once lived in Prizren, Knin, Banja Luka... there is no reason for any media hype."
Vranes also says that there is no reason for the Europe Movement to now warn them that they are not in favor of joining the Union.
"There are some people in Montenegro who are a little frustrated whenever anything Serbian or anything related to the Serbian people is mentioned. I invite my colleagues from PES to conduct a survey among their voters and members in Pljevlja, and see what kind of response they get on this issue," he said.
Vranes said that the information published in some media outlets that his relations with NSD leader Andrija Mandić have been damaged are not accurate and that he is preparing a new political platform, saying that Mandić is "the undisputed leader of the NSD and the Serbian people in Montenegro."
Asked whether there will be any new changes to the city's visual identity, he said that all decisions are made in consultation with the citizens. "I have not done anything in Pljevlja that the citizens did not want, whether it was the issue of these signs, murals...", said the Mayor.
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