Recently, the amendment to the proposal for amending and supplementing the Budget for the City of Skopje for 2022 was put on the agenda in the Council of the City of Skopje to provide funds in the amount of 10 million denars (150.000 euro) in the category of the program for the construction and reconstruction of local roads, category 4 8 2 other construction buildings for a new rate for inter-municipal cooperation for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Maksut Sadik street in Chair municipality. But the same amendment was rejected by the mayor of the City of Skopje, Danela Arsovska, with the argument that it is unacceptable to cut from the item for greenery.
Councilor Erdjan Selimi from the advisory group of VMRO-DPMNE and the coalition clarified:
"I would like to give a brief overview and explanation of what exactly it is about, the need to submit such an amendment stems from the bad condition in which this street, Maksut Sadik, is located. It is about a forgotten street, very colorful, thousands of vehicles pass through that street, and it is located in the central city area of the city of Skopje and connects the municipalities of Centar with Chair and vice versa", Selimi added that the reconstruction of the street is at the request of the inhabitants. With the reconstruction of this street, the traffic will be eased and relieved at the same time.
The amendment in the proposal for amending and supplementing the Budget of the City of Skopje for 2022 to foresee funds in the amount of 3 million denars (50.000 euro) in the program for sports and recreation - capital costs, category 4 8 2 other construction facilities for the realization of a project for the reconstruction of the football stadium FC Napredok's field – 65, Shutka.
This amendment was not accepted by the mayor's office. "The field is in an extremely bad condition, and it is not able to be used for training and playing official football matches. Now imagine with a population of 40,000 inhabitants, Shuto Orizari does not have its own playground where the club will play its official matches. Given that fact, the club's administration forces them to look for a field outside the municipality to play the same matches, and they don't always find support and help," explained councilor Selimi.
He pointed out that exactly one week ago the club FC Napredok - 65 Shutka was supposed to play an official match, although everything was agreed in principle to play a match outside the home municipality on another field, certain people appeared there who did not allow the match to take place.
"It is really unfortunate that these children feel that great disenfranchisement and disappointment from a young age," the counselor emphasized.
