While we drown daily in political squabbles, revisionist fantasies, and the slow collapse of state institutions, essential everyday issues quietly slip under the radar, wrote artist Aleksandar Radunović Popaj on his Facebook profile.
“Take, for example, the alarming – and now almost routine – water shutoffs in Cetinje, lasting up to 12 hours a day due to work on the power transmission network carried out by CEDIS.
Is anyone even considering what it’s like to go without water all day, in the middle of a sweltering heatwave, in a town that already faces evening restrictions? What does everyday life look like for families with small children, the elderly, the ill, or tourists who may be visiting the Old Royal Capital for the first – and quite possibly the last – time? And, most importantly: is it normal to schedule this kind of work in the height of summer, when conditions are at their worst? No, it’s not”, Radunović wrote.
He called the situation a clear example of the complete absence of strategic planning, empathy, and any sense of responsibility toward citizens.
“It’s honestly hard to believe there’s no better time to carry out this kind of work – say, after the tourist season, or at night, with higher wages paid to workers. Or is it somehow more acceptable to disrupt the daily lives of an entire town due to such poor planning? Cetinje has been systematically neglected for years, and situations like this are laid bare in the starkest possible way. All the talk about tourism, culture, and development is meaningless if, in 2025, the people of Cetinje still don’t have access to something as basic as water. Sadly, that says a lot about the kind of country we’re living in”, Radunović concluded.
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