Considering the current state of play, no agreement over the government in Podgorica is in sight. Representatives of Europe Now (PES) and their colleagues of the Movement for Podgorica interrupted yesterday’s meeting organized in an attempt to overcome the crisis of power in the capital. It looks like the agreement is unlikely to be reached, so the only solution would be to organize snap Podgorica election.
The Movement for Podgorica MP, Nadja Ljiljanic, said the yesterday’s meeting was interrupted because of the insults they suffered from representatives of PES.
According to her, the initiative of PES to reach an agreement was a lie and nothing more than that, adding that it’d be fair to shorten the mandate of the Capital City’s Assembly and organize new elections.
Also, she said she was so disturbed by the insults and the entire situation at the meeting.
“The fairest thing would be to cut the assembly’s mandate, that is, to give residents of Podgorica the opportunity to vote again. We believe it’s the fairest thing to do. We also think the management could do much better. We can’t reach the agreement, we can’t talk normally,” she noted.
After that, PES urged councillors of the Movement for Podgorica to voice their requests, i.e. express their expectations precisely in order to try to reach the agreement.
“It would be naive to expect we might reach the agreement with our recent members who formed the Movement for Podgorica easily, and solve the current issues in Podgorica. However, regardless of our different views, the fundamental principles that brought us in power mustn’t be threatened,” PES said in a statement sent to media.
Here, as they said, they meant on the potential cooperation with the DPS.
PES is completely ready to preserve values they used to jointly advocate for, even if it means they should give up on certain positions in the Capital City administration.
Meanwhile, PES official, Vasilije Carapic, announced he was going to withdraw from future negotiations in order to facilitate the eventual agreement between PES and the Movement for Podgorica.
