For parties, after elections, the glass is always half full, not half empty. But… call it whatever you want – you’re half a glass short.
The half-empty glass is a perfect metaphor for the results of all parties in the local elections held in Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica.
Everyone has won something in those elections, but everyone lacked something after those elections.
In Petnjica, the DPS won 17 seats, the Bosniak Party 6, the Justice and Reconciliation Party 3, the SD 2, the Democrats 2 and the SDP 1.
In Mojkovac, the united opposition (DPS-SD-LP) has won 14 seats. Coalition For the Future of Mojkovac 8, Democrats 4, URA 2, We Won’t Give Up On Mojkovac 2, United Montenegro 2 seats.
In Cetinje, DPS will have 14 councilors, SDP 8 seats, URA 4, Democrats 3, Old Guard of LSCG 3, SD-LP coalition 1. Cetinje Parliament consists of 33 councilors.
The DPS has won the most votes, but not the absolute majority they hoped for. That party, in fact, lost a significant part of the voters in all three municipalities.
In summary, the results of the elections in Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica say: neither the DPS will return to power as quickly and easily as they thought, nor will the ruling power keep the power routinely as they thought.
Montenegro needs real, profound change. The question is: do political parties have enough wisdom and strength for them.
