Vranes claims he was "joking" about Baja Mali Knindza's visit

After confirming to a journalist from Television Vijesti yesterday at around 15 pm that Mirko Pajčin, better known as Baja Mali Knindža, would perform in Pljevlja at the end of this month, and that negotiations on the details were underway, the president of that northern municipality, Dario Vraneš, last night, an hour and a half after the broadcast of the report, claimed in a telephone conversation with the same journalist that he was joking.

Vranes then said that no negotiations were taking place with Pajčin and that he would not perform in Pljevlja during, as he put it, "non-working days", alluding to May 21st - Montenegro's Independence Day.

When asked if he had deceived a large part of the public with his "joke", he replied that "everything will be forgotten in two days".

However, as a serious media outlet that contacted Vranes in his capacity as a public official, Television Vijesti did not want to leave this story unfinished.

We offered him the opportunity to publicly deny the previous allegations and explain why, according to his own words, he had provided false information. He accepted, stating that he would be on a business trip, but that we could conduct a telephone conversation and record his statement.

However, this morning Vranes changed his stance for the third time. This time he no longer claims that he was joking, but rather that he did not speak to the Vijesti Television journalist at all and that they only spoke for the first time today.

For the sake of the public, but also for Mr. Vraneš himself, we would like to remind you that there is a record of the call between the President of the Municipality of Pljevlja and our journalist, as well as an audio recording of this morning's conversation.

If he wishes, Mr. Vraneš can come to TV Vijesti at any time and listen to the recordings, as well as inspect the call log. He can also come on May 21st, given that those days are apparently working days for him.

Perhaps his coalition partners should also speak out about the behavior of the mayor of Pljevlja, which is still officially in Montenegro, and answer the question: is May 21st just an ordinary non-working day for them, or one of the key dates in contemporary Montenegrin history - the state from which they were given their positions and from whose budget they receive substantial salaries every month?