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PM Marković in Danilovgrad: This is municipality that can be example of removing business barriers and treating investors

Published on: Nov 25, 2019 • 10:40 PM Author: PR Service
Danilovgrad, Montenegro (25 November 2019) – Prime Minister Duško Marković said that the municipality of Danilovgrad is an example of removing business barriers and treating investors, not only today, but in the past decade.

"Danilovgrad is an example of how investment conditions in this area are created. In 2010, you also received OSCE recognition in this regard, and today, this is confirmed by concrete examples and already tangible results. Today, Danilovgrad Municipality can be an example to other local communities of how business barriers should be reduced and removed, how investors should be exempted from additional costs and fees in the interest of the municipality's development and quality of life of its citizens," PM Marković said at the end of his working visit to Danilovgrad.

Speaking about Danilovgrad, the Prime Minister said that completion of reconstruction of the old road to Podgorica and construction of boulevard would make this city even more accessible and that quality roads from Danilovgrad in all directions would bring benefit to every inhabitant of this municipality.

The Prime Minister commended the leadership of Danilovgrad, headed by President of the Municipality Zorica Kovačević, for success in stabilising public finances and responsible attitude towards public money, which the local government promised during his visit last December.

"Today I heard really impressive results about debt reduction of over EUR 1.3 million, budget execution of over one hundred percent, and full implementation of the capital budget. I congratulate you on this effort," the Prime Minister said.

Government supports the designation of the Zeta River as a natural park

The Prime Minister congratulated the Danilovgrad leadership on the decision to designate the Zeta River as a natural park, saying that the Government fully supported this decision.

"It's a decision of the future, it's visionary, it's not just a decision of a municipality that wants selfishly to preserve its natural potential. It is a message for everyone in Montenegro, it is a message for others in the region, that the time has come when we need to be more attentive to our living environment, where we need to preserve our resources because of the offspring and generations to come, to provide a lasting and secure future for our generations through such access and resources. The Government will adopt this decision next week after the decision of the Danilovgrad Municipal Assembly, and we will all work together to make this area even more beautiful and comfortable for citizens," the Prime Minister said.

Renovation of the electric grid, new hypermarket, reconstructed stadium


At the end of the visit, the Prime Minister, Municipality President Zorica Kovačević and President of the Voli Company Dragan Bokan laid the foundation stone of the company's new hypermarket.

"I would like to congratulate the company Voli and its president on this project, on his readiness and determination to follow the overall policy of the Government of Montenegro aimed at the good of the country and, of course, the well-being of its citizens, by building such projects and expanding business throughout Montenegro. I really thank you not only for expanding your business across Montenegro and offering new opportunities for citizens, but also for contributing to the overall developmental affirmation of Montenegro as a prestigious investment destination," the Prime Minister noted.

Straight-A for the Government in the first three years 

Responding to journalist's questions, the Prime Minister was asked to evaluate the work of the Government over the past three years and said that he was giving the Government a straight-A.

"I assess the work of the Government as very good not because of my personal interest as the Prime Minister to appreciate its work, but because the results that are behind us. I will list just a few: the Montenegrin economy has seen impressive economic growth in less than three years, in two years and six - seven months. In the first two years, we had an average growth rate of 4.9 percent. Find another example besides Malta, and maybe Iceland, that has such a growth rate in Europe. The growth rate in the European Union is below two percent," the Prime Minister said. He added that nearly 30,000 new jobs were created at the same time, that finances were stabilised, that international monetary institutions confirmed the Government's economic policy, that salaries, pensions and social security benefits were regularly paid, and that a decision was made to increase salaries in the two largest sectors - education and health.

Montenegro has been spending the largest capital budget in its history in the last three years, and the whole of Montenegro is one big construction site. … Our tourism industry records the best results ever achieved. In September we exceeded the result from last year both in the number of tourists and in the number of nights, and achieved EUR one billion in tourism revenue. So, every policy has worked, the Prime Minister said.

"If we agree, if we understand each other, if we think about the country and its development, if we think about young people it can be better. There is no need to boycott, the state money should not be taken in a boycott and spent irrationally, but we need to work and justify that money as we are doing and then everyone will be better off. I urge all of you from the media, political parties from the opposition and the government to work in the interest of Montenegro, not looking into each other's pockets but looking into the future, working for the good of this country," PM Marković noted.

Responding to a journalist's question about the gesture of three Montenegrin ambassadors who decided to pay the sentence the Minor Offenses Court handed down to their former colleague, the Prime Minister said he considered the decision inappropriate.

"I do not comment on their personal willingness to participate in the payment of a misdemeanor warrant of their former colleague. Their reaction was inappropriate, the Foreign Minister also commented on that reaction. We will see in the coming days how to strengthen the system, to teach everyone to do their job, not to get involved in someone else's business," Prime Minister Duško Marković said.

PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO


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