Good morning! Either Abazovic finally separates himself from the Democratic Front (DF) this week or there will be no minority government, the minority nations don’t want a technical government dominated by the DF, the Socialist People’s Party (SNP) is to make a decision until the end of the week, the Democrats refuse to take part in the negotiations of the “alleged parliamentary majority“, Radunovic ignores Konatar’s offers on social media as he wants Dritan’s answer, while in Budva – there was Dragan Koprivica’s evening of music and humor. Russia recognized the independence of the Donbas region.
This week is crucial
URA is the main culprit for the public delay in the negotiations over the minority government. The messages they send ever since the government has fallen have countless meanings, while mostly fighting with the DPS and flattering the DF. Maybe they think that tactic will help them so that the public accepts their collaboration with the opposition, but they’re so wrong. Procrastinating and giving fake hope to one or the other will ultimately cost URA the most. While URA’s publicly experimenting, the SNP is fighting their own internal battles. Footage from the party’s Main Board leaked on phantom portals close to the outgoing prime minister, showing that Jokovic has a problem communicating his decisions with the members of the party. But they promised to have a decision by the end of Sunday, so let’s wait for it.
The DF seems to be tired of waiting for Abazovic so they took the initiative. Slaven Radunovic asked Abazovic on Twitter whether he would be fine with a prime minister-designate who could ensure the support of both the parliamentary majority and minority nations, but that it wasn’t him. Instead of Abazovic, Milos Konatar replied noting that URA would back such a prime minister-designate, as he’s not someone who is “right-wing and at the forefront of extremism.” Radunovic blew him away, insisting Abazovic to answer the question. Radunovic reinforced his “proposal for cooperation” by announcing a one-hour blockade of Montenegro, as a means of warning not to touch the “electoral will of citizens”.
In addition to this answer from Konatar, it’s important to mention Filip Adzic’s statement for the public broadcaster, RTCG, suggesting that they already have the support of 41 MPs for Abazovic.
We don’t know whether the talks of the “parliamentary majority” announced by some media are going to happen, but we know that, if they happen, the Democrats will not take part in it. They make it clear that a parliamentary majority no longer exists for them.
However, what’s most dangerous are calls, like earlier Becic’s, and now Milacic’s, for Strahinja Bulajic to use his position to sabotage the process of election of a minority government if an agreement is reached. Such institutional obstructions of the democratic process can only lead to a greater political instability.
Cultural life of Budva
The political and moral decline of Budva, having culminated in Djokovic’s visit, is always accompanied by some material interests. So now we hear the announcements that he may be given a chance to “develop” one of the few untouched resources of the Budva municipality – Mrcevo polje – the hinterland of Jaz beach. But in order for this moral stagnation to give results, it’s necessary to first dismantle the culture and Mediterranean identity of this city and turn it into some kind of average town. And it’s best to do it through culture. Imagine a city of two millennia of tradition, mentioned in Sophocles’ plays, which came to the point that the biggest events of the winter cultural offer were Milan Knezevic’s poetry evening and “Dragan Koprivica’s evening of humor and music”.
Russia invades the Donbas
Following the meeting of the Russian Security Council, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, announced the recognition of the independence of two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk. Putin did this on the initiative of the Duma, in order to give himself the legitimacy to order troops into the two regions and thus make the eight-year conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region official.
President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, condemned the act of the Russian Federation.
That’s all for today. Until tomorrow.
Kind regards,
Ljubomir Filipovic, CdM observer
