The leaders of the opposition parties have met today to discuss possible further steps following last week’s meetings with representatives of the European Union and the United States.
The Democratic Montenegro hosts the meeting. It is attended by the leaders of the Democrats Aleksa Becic, SDP Ranko Krivokapic, SNP Vladimir Jokovic, Demos Miodrag Lekic and URA Dritan Abazovic.
Representatives of Democratic Front (DF) have not been invited, so it is the question whether this meeting will have necessary relevance without the strongest opposition party participating in it.
One thing is certain – today’s meeting will further sharpen the tensions among the opposition parties. Yesterday’s message of Movement for Changes (PzP) leader Nebojsa Medojevic to his opposition counterparts proves it.
He said that “that the US Embassy in Montenegro was trying to form the so called ‘B team’ consisting of the civic opposition in Montenegro. This team is supposed to support part of DPS led by Prime Minister Dusko Markovic in the future”.
Analyst Srdjan Vukadinovic told CdM that the so-called “civic opposition” had excluded DF from its activities long ago, adding that the political entity must be taken into account having in mind that it has the highest number of deputies in Parliament. He emphasises that marginalization of DF is a mistake of “civic opposition”.
“To marginalize an entity which has the largest number of deputies in Parliament among the opposition parties is a big problem, no matter how sharp they criticise its actions. The one who is strongest must not be marginalized and isolated. If this is continued in every election, the biggest fight will be between DF and the rest of the opposition, and not between DPS and DF,” Vukadinovic said.
