Good morning! Amendments to the budget are made to make it meaningless, intolerance is growing among members of the ruling majority, a furious statement-driven war between Deputy Prime Minister and the owner of KAP, MANS says that Bojanic is setting up a concession for Carevic, while ministers Stijovic and Bratic have been granted honorary citizenship.
Dissection of the budget
Minister Milojko Spajic tweeted yesterday that he hoped the budget proposal would not be dissected, but that exactly happened with the proposed amendments of the ruling majority during the session. Although the ruling majority assessed the budget and the ‘Europe Now’ marketing campaign as populism, they didn’t mind being creative and generous when they wrote the amendments. That is why everything turned into a tragicomic race over who will propose the most populist expenditure, no matter what. And the amendments they proposed would increase spending by about EUR 400 mil. Democrats also joined the race with a demand to increase pensions. Some require that every unemployed person receive a monthly allowance of one hundred euros from the state. I’m surprised that someone did not suggest that we all sit at our homes and receive a EUR 5.000 salary. In for a penny, in for a pound. That ministers Milatovic and Spajic perceived the amendments as sabotage was also confirmed by the SNP, claiming that they both asked for the amendments to be withdrawn. The Prime Minister called for consultations, but Miodrag Lekic said it was too late for talks. URA is the only one that won’t back the amendments, perceiving them as ministers – sabotage.
And it is a sabotage. ‘Europe now’ is marked by everyone as a stillborn initiative, and it will be a great miracle if the budget is passed. What will happen if it’s not approved, and whether it will be the trigger for the final fall of the government, as Abazovic announced the other day – remains to be seen.
Chronicle of the majority
The ruling majority has collapsed. Communication comes down to roll calls and provocations. URA already sees Dritan at the head of the government, because he’s already announcing the Albanian Prime Minister in the Albanian media. An interesting proof of party-backed recruitment and nepotism of the new government is the mentioned guest appearance of Ilir Harasani –Abazovic’s godfather – on the Albanian Euronews, because the director of a public institution that allegedly has nothing to do with politics acts on behalf of the party. Harasani is the Head of the Administration for Inspection Affairs. Despite URA’s increasingly open intentions, Milan Knezevic presents his books to Konatar with inscriptions and wishes to gather again around common interests in parliament. Zivkovic of the DPS also hopes that URA will change its mind and offers a hand of cooperation and reconciliation. Zogovic confirmed that the DF would vote for the interpellation of three ministers, and Djeljosaj, as a signatory of the Memorandum, is asking for the Prime Minister to leave.
Explanation from Brussels
On merging the units for Montenegro and Serbia in the Directorate General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations, the European Commission spokeswoman Ana Pisonero Hernandez, said that the European Commission didn’t comment on changes in the internal organization of the directorates general. She also points out that the accession process is based on individual merits and depends on the fulfillment of reforms. “The Commission organizes services based on assessments related to the scope of work, efficiency and coherence”.
Abazovic against Pejovic
While the fate of KAP workers and the plant itself is uncertain, the war is raging between the Government and Uniprom after Abazovic talked about Pejovic’s companies in London and expressed doubts about his business and business of his partners. After Pejovic responded by banning him from entering Uniprom’s property. Abazovic has now come out with information about other partners from Israel and the US, against whom proceedings are allegedly being conducted before Israeli courts. These debates between the government and investors are tragic, and it’s tragic that Abazovic, being a part of executive power, is conducting public trials while no procedure has been launched against Pejovic. If there is any doubt, then why doesn’t he bring it to court, because now it looks like Abazovic “discovers” omissions only when one of the businessmen is disobedient.
Bojanic sets up a concession for Carevic?
With the government’s adoption of the concession act for Krimovica, the realization of the plan of the Ministry of Capital Investments and Minister Mladen Bojanic continues, meaning that a company owned by Budva Mayor, Marko Carevic, will be granted thirty-year concessions for stone exploitation, in definace of laws and regulations, MANS stated.
Stijovic an honorary citizen as well
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Vesna Bratic, and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Aleksandar Stijovic, did not receive honorary Montenegrin citizenship at the suggestion of legally authorized proposers, which calls into question their validity, said Damir Suljevic, an associate of the Centre for Civic Education.
Thats’ all for today. See you tomorrow, same time same place.
Kind regards,
Ljubomir Filipovic, CdM observer
