Representatives of the parliamentary majority at the state level will today talk with the Šavnik opposition and citizens who have been blocking the Nikšić-Šavnik-Žabljak road for months, in order to present them with models for resolving the institutional and electoral crisis in that city, "Vijesti" has learned.
Such a possibility was announced on Sunday by the president of the Europe Now Movement (PES) parliamentary group, Vasilije Čarapić, but neither he nor other representatives of that party provided an explanation yesterday of what solutions they would propose to the Šavnica opposition, which consists of parties with which PES is in coalition at the state level.
Čarapić told "Vijesti" that he could not say what the proposal was, stating that they first wanted to present it to the Šavnik opposition, which has been blocking the Nikšić-Žabljak road for months.
Even representatives of other ruling parties that "Vijesti" spoke with yesterday were not aware of the details of the model that could be proposed to the people of Šavnica, claim those interlocutors.
Representatives of the coalition "For the Future of Šavnik" (NSD, SNP, DNP) and "Let's Go People" (DCG, UCG, PES) ended the blockade of the Nikšić-Šavnik-Žabljak main road on June 16, because in communication with representatives of the parliamentary majority at the state level, they "recognized signs of readiness to finally resolve the three-year institutional crisis."
"We are satisfied with any solution if it is in accordance with the law," Milorad Vilotijević from the coalition "For the Future of Šavnik" told "Vijesti" yesterday.
He pointed out that it would suit them to either delete the fake voters or introduce compulsory administration in Šavnik, and then clean up the voter list.
He reiterated that if the solution is "favorable", he will end the blockade, saying that they had suspended it for four days "as a sign of goodwill".
Čarapić said in the show "Sunday in the Rearview Mirror" on Television Vijesti that nothing concrete has yet been offered to party representatives who have been blocking the road in protest for three and a half months.
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A part of the ruling parties, led by the Democrats, recently submitted to the Parliament a proposal to amend the Law on the Voters' Register, according to which "election tourists" from Šavnica who deregistered their residence in that municipality after the elections that began in 2022 will not be able to participate in a possible repeat vote at two polling stations, regardless of whether they are on the voter's register.
Yesterday, the Democrats unofficially told "Vijesti" that the proposal would not be withdrawn, but that the Parliament would vote on it. The proposal to amend the Law on the Voters' List was submitted to the Legislative Chamber on May 19 by deputies from the Democrats, New Serbian Democracy (NSD), Democratic People's Party (DNP) and Socialist People's Party (SNP). It stipulates that "election tourists" from Šavnik, who deregistered their residence in that municipality after the elections that began in October 2022 and have not yet been completed, will not be able to participate in a possible repeat vote at two polling stations, regardless of the fact that they are on the voter's list.
According to the parliament's website, MPs will discuss the proposal tomorrow at the Legislative and Political System, Judiciary and Administration Committees. The opposition in the state parliament has repeatedly contested the proposal, stating that it should be discussed at the Comprehensive Electoral Reform Committee, and not in a partial manner.
The co-chair of that parliamentary body, Nikola Rakočević (DPS), said at the last session that the Electoral Reform Committee can only find laws that are the result of the work of the committee's working groups, while Nikola Rovčanin (Democrats) responded that it was a "well-intentioned political intervention."
The Šavnica opposition has been protesting since February 27th against the re-election of Jugoslav Jakić from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) as mayor of the municipality and the unresolved electoral crisis that has been going on since October 2022.
The elections in Šavnik began on October 23, 2022, when they were held in 13 more municipalities, but were not completed because members of the polling stations from the opposition coalition "For the Future of Šavnik", led by the former Democratic Front, did not allow some of the newly registered voters to vote, because, they claim, they were copied to support the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).
At two polling stations, in the Municipality building and in the village of Kruševice, where 541 voters are eligible to vote, voting took place nine times, the last time on December 18, 2022, when the elections were again suspended, after which the Municipal Election Commission there could not agree on repeating them.
So far, dozens of people have been prosecuted before judicial authorities for events related to the elections in Šavnik, which included numerous incidents, including physical clashes.
Parliament Speaker Andrija Mandić (NSD) appealed in early March to the authorities to introduce compulsory administration in Šavnik or to enable voting at two polling stations.
Representatives of the Šavnik opposition, as they recently announced, expect that within four days there will be concrete moves and solutions that will put an end to the multi-year blockade of institutions and the gross violation of the rights of the citizens of Šavnik.
"However, if there is no real progress and resolution of the situation by Thursday, they will continue with the blockades every day from 13 to 16 p.m.," the Šavnik opposition announced.
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