The newly elected president of the Municipality of Budva, Nikola Divanović, in an interview for Pobjeda daily, assessed that the DPS would win a landslide victory in the elections on 30 August.
Mr Divanović accused the Democratic Front, DF, and the Democrats of ruining the harmony among the residents of Budva and Montenegro under the cloak of defending the shrines. He also rejected accusations of the above-mentioned parties for political corruption and violation of the Constitution during the change of power in Budva, noting that those who lose have the right to be angry.
As for the forthcoming summer season, the crisis in Budva and his plans, Mr Divanović said: “The crisis in Budva was instigated by representatives of the political minority in the time when they officially became a parliamentary minority. My plan is to unblock the operations of the Municipality of Budva along with a team of experts, having in mind that the city has been blocked for three and a half years. Our priorities are to set up an efficient administration, unblock the city’s account, pay off salaries, assist the residents and the industry in overcoming the consequences of the coronavirus crisis, as well as to create conditions for the implementation of development projects. The life in Budva can’t cease to exist neither due to the coronavirus epidemic nor due to the ignorance of its former management.”
On his motives for taking on the new function, Mr Divanović said: “My decision to show responsibility towards Budva stemmed from unscrupulous attacks on the dignity of my city and democratic values, such as interreligious and multinational harmony, that represent the bedrock of Montenegro. I’m sure that the majority of Budva residents recognized this, and I could see that from the messages they were sending me. I’m sure that we’ll win a landslide victory in the forthcoming elections, thus defeating the political primitivism that seriously contaminated the local political stage.”
Commenting on the accusations of the opposition referring to the alleged violation of the Constitution during the change of power in that city and political corruption, the new President of the Municipality of Budva noted: “Those who lose have the right to be angry. However, one must not pass certain limitations even while being angry. You cannot always accuse somebody else for things that go wrong for you.”
