(8 Apr 2013)
++INTERIOR SHOTS++
1. Mid of man waving Montenegro flag
2. SOUNDBITE: (Montenegrin) Filip Vujanovic, incumbent Montenegro president:
"I would like to tell you results, after final counting, and to inform the Montenegro public, that I have achieved a victorious result: 51.3 percent versus 48.7 (percent)."
3. Cutaway of media at news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Montenegrin) Filip Vujanovic, incumbent Montenegro president:
"The important thing is that we are celebrating, and the victory was an expression of the democratic will of citizens."
5. Pan across Montenegro prime minister Milo Djukanovic leaving news conference
6. Close-up of man singing patriotic Montenegrin song
7. SOUNDBITE: (Montenegrin) Miodrag Lekic, Montenegro opposition presidential candidate:
"I can announce that the people of Montenegro have entrusted me with the post of president. I am warning Mr Vujanovic, Vice President of the Democratic Party of Socialists, that he should be serious and responsible when he gives statements."
8. Tracking shot of Lekic leaving room and waving, applause
9. Pan across supporters celebrating while watching Lekic on television screen, cheers and applause
10. Pan across supporters hugging and applauding
++NIGHT SHOTS++
11. Mid of Lekic appearing in front of chanting supporters, UPSOUND: (Montenegrin) "Victory, victory"
12. Mid of man kissing Serbian flag
13. SOUNDBITE: (Montenegrin) Miodrag Lekic, Montenegro opposition presidential candidate:
"I beg you to be patient, and wait for tomorrow's outcome."
14. Tracking shot of Lekic supporters in street, chanting and waving Serbian flags, UPSOUND: (Montenegrin) "Victory, victory"
15. Tilt down of supporters waving Serbian and opposition flags
16. Pan across two men hanging out of vehicle holding opposition flags
STORYLINE:
Both the incumbent and the opposition candidate claimed victory in Montenegro's presidential election on Sunday, fuelling political tensions in the small Balkan country which is striving for European Union membership.
State election authorities had yet to release any official results in the race for the largely ceremonial post.
President Filip Vujanovic, from the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, said that, based on his camp's own full count of the votes, he had won 51.3 percent of ballots, while opponent Miodrag Lekic won 48.7 percent.
"The important thing is that we are celebrating, and the victory was an expression of the democratic will of citizens," added Vujanovic.
Lekic's camp, however, said it had counted 97 percent of the ballots and that their candidate had won 50.5 percent of the votes, compared to 49.5 for Vujanovic.
The opposition said it expected the result to remain the same until the end of the counting process.
"I can announce that the people of Montenegro have entrusted me with the post of president," said Lekic.
"I am warning Mr Vujanovic, Vice President of the Democratic Party of Socialists, that he should be serious and responsible when he gives statements."
A contested vote could raise political instability in Montenegro, which opened European Union accession talks last year and needs to move ahead with the necessary reform process.
The presidency, which comes with a five-year term, does not have much power, but the apparent tight result in the election still deals a blow to Montenegro's governing coalition, which has ruled the country virtually unchallenged for more than two decades.
Vujanovic is after his second presidential term since Montenegro became independent in 2006.
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