Samir Agović again the president of the Municipality of Petnjica, the session was marked by political tensions

The councilors of the ruling majority rejected the proposal to include and consider Almir Muratović's candidacy on the agenda, after which the opposition councilors left the Municipal Assembly session.

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From the local parliament session, Photo: Printscreen
From the local parliament session, Photo: Printscreen
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The session of the local parliament was marked by political tensions, because immediately before its start, a group of opposition councilors submitted their candidacy for the position of mayor, with the required number of signatures. The opposition parties appeared united, with a common candidate, Almir Muratović, a councilor in the local parliament and president of the Justice and Reconciliation Party.

"You mentioned a deadline for submitting a candidacy that the statute does not recognize, they are calling for a change to the agenda, we are not asking for a change to the agenda, but the agenda is the election of the Mayor, the same item remains. So you have no reason to reject the candidacy," said Rifat Agović, a councilor of the Bosniak Party.

However, the councilors of the ruling majority rejected the proposal to include and consider Almir Muratović's candidacy on the agenda, after which the opposition councilors left the Municipal Assembly session.

"My candidacy was rejected without any explanation as to why it was rejected, which point of the law. A precedent was even set and a violation of the law for councilors to declare whether to accept the candidacy," Muratović pointed out.

The session then continued without the presence of the opposition, and Samir Agović was elected for the third time to the position of President of the Municipality of Petnjica by the votes of 16 councilors of the ruling majority.

"We express our full readiness for the key challenges that lie ahead of us starting tomorrow, which are, unfortunately, the departure of young people, the lack of jobs, still insufficient natural tourist resources, and the lack of significant business initiatives," said Samir Agović, the new-old mayor of the Municipality of Petnjica.

Agović will remain at the head of the Municipality of Petnjica until at least June 2027, when local elections are due to be held in all Montenegrin municipalities. The decision to hold local elections uniformly was made last year.

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