Mr Simovic said that the latest response of Ms Vuksanovic was superficial, misleading, frivolous, irresponsible, politicking and labelling.
“Instead of explaining why you made 23 beds of 250 rooms; communicating what arguments forced you to destroy at least €250 million investment and 550 new jobs in Dubovica, Milocer and Mamula, you are trying to scare me by ambassadors of the EU and the United States. How do they come in this controversy, for God’s sake, Draginja? I know that I have not mentioned them at all. The only thing I can think of is that you needed them to hide behind someone in the absence of arguments and own authority”, said Mr Simovic adding that there is no need and room for the EU or the US in the discussion, since it is about their relationships and responsibilities.
He said that Ms Vuksanovic and the SDP would have sooner or later to explain to citizens why they have worked against interest of Montenegro together with “the duke and the Charlatan” at the expense of State.
“Progressive politicians” bothered by media
Mr Simovic added that it was logical that Ms Vuksanovic was bothered by the media as it was the case with all self-styled “progressive politicians”.
“Once, the most progressive among you, the emeritus, was bothered only by “Informer”. We almost shut it down in a “democratic” manner. Now I can see that either the state television, or TV Pink, or two dailies are no good… Is there anyone that is good, except from proved Montenegrin patriots from “Dan” and “Vijesti”? The number of the misfit is multiplied too fast. Is it not time for you to stop to look yourselves in a mirror?” Mr Simovic said.
He pointed out that it was a lie that the DPS led media war against the NATO allies, adding that she it was also relying on foreign authorities in the absence of arguments.
Simovic said that Ms Vuksanovic defended the SDP of political accusations for flirting with the anti-Montenegrin Democratic Front by referring to the time when they had been presented by current political partners as traitors.
Perovic’s syndrome
He said that he was initially surprised by the SDP’s “reckless political changes” and was asked himself “what is the SDP doing with the chauvinists of the Greater Serbia?” But now, there is nothing strange about it.
“If it was not clear until yesterday what enormous trouble motivated Krivokapic to introduce the SDP into the society of destroyers of Montenegro, the explanation was received yesterday: Perovic’s syndrome – to be bigger than he actually is at all costs. The easiest and cheapest way is to do that at the expense of national interests of Montenegro”, Mr Simovic said, suggesting Ms Vukovic and her colleagues watch their party in order for its President not to formally shut it down, following the model of the former leader of the Liberal Alliance (LSCG), Slavko Perovic.
According to him, the DPS Government, for which Ms Vuksanovic said that had robbed and ruined everything, kept peace in the multi-ethnic Montenegro, established smooth relations with its neighbours, led the country at the brink of NATO membership and reached the second half of the EU path as a leader in the Western Balkans when it comes to this process.
The objection that the DPS destroyed three common states seems pretentious, Mr Simovic said, stressing that if Ms Vuksanovic knew anything about international political relations, she would unlikely write something like this.
“If you knew a little more about domestic politics, you would understand that both SRJ and Serbia and Montenegro were necessary interim phases to the restoration of Montenegro’s independence”, Simovic said.
Commenting on the Vuksanovic’s claim that the DPS leaders had invited the leader of the New Serbs’ Democracy (NOVA), Andrija Mandic, to join the Government, Mr Simovic said she had made that up.
“My dear Draginja, the DPS has never considered possibility of introducing sworn enemies of our country into the Government,” he said.
Proud of achievements in agriculture
When it comes to agriculture, Mr Simovic said he was proud of everything he had done during his term of office at the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. He pointed out that numerous steps forward had been made after decades of lagging behind in this sector, and that there was evidence for that in the Montenegrin countryside.
It would be futile, Mr Simovic also said, to explain “reasoning” of Ms Vuksanovic on the development of Montenegro from the 1990s onwards: on the transit of tobacco, the privatisation of the Aluminium Plant (KAP) and other things about which, as he pointed out, logical and reasonable explanations had been already heard many times.
“It is better to call memories to help: Was Montenegro within less developed republics of ex-Yugoslavia before 1990s, the beneficiary of the Fund for Underdeveloped Areas, which compensated huge deficits in the Montenegrin budget; Was it in the period of governing of “the odious DPS” rejected the model of grant funding of public spending and transferred to the model of self supply back in 1994? Is Montenegro the most developed country of the Western Balkans today? Has the average annual economy growth in Montenegro in the last decade been 3.2%?” Simovic asked.
Coast as a preserve
He said that Ms Vuksanovic did not speak on our coast as on a resource that should be valorised for the benefit of the citizens of Montenegro, but as on some kind of a preserve which all potential partners and investors should be expelled from in order not to make any profit.
“What a misery! What envy! Dear Draginja, if we had the money and knowledge in Montenegro, the best thing would be to create tourist structure on our own, which would lead Montenegro into line with the most prestigious European destinations. But we do not have that money. That is why we need a foreign investor, for example, in Porto Montenegro – because, unfortunately, there were no internal capabilities or basic experience in Montenegro for the development of such capacity. The same thing can be applied when it comes to Kumbor, Lustica, and Plavi Horizonti… Unfortunately, it is also the case with the Thermal Power Plant and with the projects on the rivers of Moraca and Komarnica in the future… For almost half a century no new source of energy has been constructed in Montenegro. The same thing is with the highway,” Mr Simovic said.
He added that no one would come to Montenegro without being sure to make profit there.
“In particular, no one is going to do that in the last 7-8 years the European economic crisis, because it has been the very reason why all the countries in the world, including the most developed European ones, have been trying to attract those investors. Therefore, what you are talking about the development and investors is a sheer nonsense,” Mr Simovic said.
He suggested that Vuksanovic rest and gather energy for new labour and political challenges.
“On the other hand, these days, together with colleagues from the Parliament, I am dedicated to work on a topic of general national importance and that will be the reason for convening an extraordinary session of the Parliament in mid-September. We will timely inform the public on that”, Mr Simovic said stressing he would remain committed to this work and suggested finding a new discussion partner to Ms Vuksanovic.
