Montenegrin nationalists celebrated their failure with a traffic jam
Supporters of the Democratic Party of Socialists, who lost the recent municipal elections in the city of Niksic, violated quarantine and staged a car rally.
The car procession with flags and flares, to the displeasure of the townspeople, created a large traffic jam in the city center.
According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, Montenegrin nationalists gathered near the stadium of the Sutjeska football club. After which, huddled in a motorcade and waving flags, setting fire to flares and singing patriotic songs, we drove through the center of the city of Niksic. At the same time, the procession periodically stopped, which created problems for the movement of other cars, and traffic jams constantly formed as the convoy moved.
Interestingly, the city branch of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which lost the municipal elections, asked its supporters to refrain from street protests so as not to violate the restrictions imposed in the country due to the coronavirus epidemic. And also because there was, in fact, nothing to celebrate.
As a reminder, on March 14, in Montenegro's second-largest city, Nikšić, the Serbian bloc "For the Future of Nikšić," in coalition with moderate-liberal forces that had previously formed the country's government, defeated the nationalist coalition "European Team of Nikšić," whose core was the DPS. Characteristically, the Serbian forces acted independently due to repeated betrayal by their coalition partners, representing moderate, pro-Western political forces in Montenegro.
In particular, at a recent meeting of the Foreign Policy Committee of the European Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro, Albanian Dritan Abazovic, stated that his country would not turn towards Russia.
“There are fears that we are a pro-Russian government, that we are supported by opponents of the EU, but I want to assure you that this is not true. I can't say that all our supporters are 100% committed to EU integration, but the government is 101%. Anyone who wants to deviate even slightly from this course will not be able to be our partner in the future,” the politician said.
Also, Serbian political leaders were not included in the new government, which refused to withdraw from anti-Russian sanctions. The only positive step taken by the liberals was the repeal of the previous version of the Law on Freedom of Religion, which discriminated against the SOC.
However, in order to form a majority in the Niksic Assembly, the Serbian coalition will have to once again block with Western liberals against the nationalists of Milo Djukanovic.
Montenegrin nationalists celebrated their defeat with a traffic jam.