Good morning! Our country is on standby until the politicians come to an agreement, but the problems are not waitingꓼ Jokovic insulted people without childrenꓼ Budva education workers received keys to apartments without electricity and water.
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Yesterday, in his column, Andrej Nikolaidis referred to the gruesome documentary about the hunting/safari of people in Sarajevo.
State on standby
Half of September is slowly but surely approaching us, but there is no agreement in sight. DF raised the stakes by seeking the post of prime minister, the Democrats would like to restore the grand coalition from 30 August. SNP and URA are doing everything to prevent this from happening and to keep decision-making positions in the technical government and thus preserve their advantage before the elections.
The sovereignists helplessly observe the whole situation, expecting support from the West in order to form some technical government in which they would also have a place.
Ibrahimovic and Bosniak Party expressed their willingness to take responsibility, but the scenario in which they receive support is very remote.
Those having won on 30 August are supposed to meet today or tomorrow and try to come to an agreement. Tomorrow is the session at which the fate of the Parliament Speaker will be decided.
While the citizens observe all this as a show, without the possibility to get involved in the events themselves, we are facing a hard winter. There is no money in the budget, there is no medicine for the seriously ill, and we are entering perhaps even greater and more dangerous energy and financial instability.
As we are facing the hacker attacks, and with all these threats, the outgoing Prime Minister drives a speedboat along the Long Beach and goes to the Sea Dance festival. Today he is probably in Belgrade at the wine fair with the leaders of the Open Balkans. The civil sector warns that he cannot commit Montenegro to membership in the Open Balkans in his technical mandate, but he has already proven that he is not bound by any conventions, nor by the Constitution or the laws of Montenegro. He will act according to his conscience, which has proven to be very flexible and situational.
Jokovic’s ultra-conservatism
Vladimir Jokovic and his SNP are an anomaly on the political scene of Montenegro. The hard Belgrade line since its inception has betrayed almost everyone, starting with its first leaders Slobodan Milosevic and Momir Bulatovic, to Zdravko Krivokapic. The only thing that they haven’t betrayed is their professional Serbianness and populism, which has no borders, and whose goal is only to get good jobs and survive thanks to the state trough.
Jokovic caused a scandal yesterday by insulting people who do not have children. He boasted off about the number of children he and other SNP officials have. This is how he showed his lack of empathy in the first place. Apart from the fact that people have the right to choose whether or not they want to have children, many people cannot have children and would give anything to have them. Yet, not everyone has the financial ability to raise a large family even though they might want to. Not every entrepreneur like Jokovic leans on five breasts, from the Montenegrin and local budgets, through the State of Serbia to the Serbian Orthodox Church. With so many social airbags, it’s easy to play the brave host.
Abuse of Budva educators for pre-election purposes
Yesterday, 74 educators from Budva received the keys to the apartments whose construction has been delayed for about 10 years. Some of them will start the process of moving in today, even though, as they say, there is no electricity or water in the apartments, Pobjeda reports.
It is not the total number of teachers who need, under favorable conditions – with the price of €650 per square meter, to be enabled entry into their new homes. There are more than 140 of them on the list, but this group is considered a priority. They have nowhere to live since 1 September. Earlier, they said that landlords in Budva significantly increased their rents during the season, because of foreigners. As they were unable to pay the price increase, they left their apartments. Some teachers even left their belongings at school. They talked about how they lived like nomads, and some worked multiple jobs, even cleaning apartments, so that they could pay the increased rents.
That’s it for today. See you again tomorrow.
Kind regards,
Ljubomir Filipovic, CdM analyst
