Political analyst Milos Besic says after the first round of presidential election that the citizens sent a clear message that they wanted an economic story, and a focus on social and economic issues.
The presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Socialists, Milo Djukanovic, won 35.3% of the vote, and the candidate of the Europe Now Movement, Jakov Milatovic, won 29.3%, according to data from the Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI).
“Citizens no longer want divisions, they want to get out of that framework. Citizens are tired of talking about the independence of Montenegro, the threats to the country, nobody feels that the country is endangered. Citizens want an economic story, and social and economic topics got their five minutes”, says Besic.
He adds that this is a message to all political actors to stop dealing with divisions and “metaphysical political issues”.
Commenting on the results of the election, he says that it is clear that citizens appreciate new people and options.
He believes that in the future the center of the political scene will be the center-left party Europe Now and the Democrats.
“Now we have a center, a left center, a civic bloc of Democrats and the Europe Now movement, which in the coming period will be the most serious political option that has the capacity to dominate these two poles that have traditionally created the atmosphere on the political scene”, concludes Besic.
Compared to the last presidential election in 2018, Djukanovic lost about 60,000 votes yesterday.
In the 2018 elections, Djukanovic had 180,272 votes, yesterday he had about 120,000 votes.
For Besic, the results of the presidential election are expected and, as he states, Milatovic is the favorite to win in the second round.
