PM Krivokapić - PMQs: DPS shows by its actions that Montenegro has no greater enemy than themselves

"The question you asked is not a question in terms of content, but a political pamphlet that contains unfounded statements about the work of the Government of Montenegro. This is a classic abuse of the "parliamentary question", but that is a matter of your political culture. Only for the sake of the citizens, I will tell you the following: Remediation of devastation you left behind after 30 years of rule requires much more time than three and a half months of Governmentʹs work," said Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić at the Prime Minister's Questions answering a question from Danijel Živković, Head of MP Group Democratic Party of Socialists and the Liberal Party.

The Prime Minister stated that he did not agree that in 100 days of its work, this Government, in any way, damaged the international reputation of Montenegro.

"On the contrary, in the second week since assuming the office, I was in Brussels and had meetings with European officials, which further affirmed the Government's commitment to Euro-Atlantic integration and resolute commitment to implementing reforms and fulfilling obligations from the European agenda. Intensive bilateral contacts and talks I had with German Chancellor Merkel, Austrian Chancellor Kurz, and meetings at the ministerial level confirm the openness and readiness of our international partners to cooperate with this Government," the Prime Minister pointed out.

The Prime Minister said that the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) had shown by its actions that Montenegro has no greater enemy than themselves.

"Montenegro is sovereign and independent of everyone, but not of your brothers, friends and relatives who, using combinations and machinations, poured public goods into their pockets. How can you love your country if you shut down dozens of companies, leave tens of thousands of citizens without jobs, if you lead to the bankruptcy of "Plantaže", "Montenegro Airlines"? Is it patriotic to give yourself salaries of several tens of thousands of euros, home loans of 300 thousand euros? Is it patriotic to travel for free with the national airline, and then hypocritically lament over its fate when the bills arrive for payment? Everything you have touched has failed or is on the verge of collapse. Whenever we receive a report on the financial situation in public institutions there are multimillion deficits. Unlike the property of your party leaders, which grows inversely proportionally. You, as a group, do not know how to function in normal and regular conditions. The levers of power that you have established during the 30 years of governing this country are still able to destabilize Montenegrin society. You lose one by one and that makes you more and more nervous day by day, but also more ready to demonstrate your extremism. After all the malfeasance of your party comrades, the seizure of public goods and examples of the relentless plunder of state resources, all you can do is to spin the story of the alleged threat to the state. Thereby leading consciously to social conflict, and then to perfidiously impose yourself as "conciliators and Europeans". Unfortunately, we see through you," said Prime Minister Krivokapić.

The Prime Minister said that the rule of DPS and its satellites boiled down to this - multimillion road loops were magically "forgotten" in projects, party bills were paid with public money, and hundreds of apartments were allocated to party officials in state bodies, for which monthly installments of 30-40 euros were paid.