Microscopic shell-model description of the low-lying collective
states in the weakly deformed nucleus $^{106}$Cd within the recently
proposed microscopic version of the Bohr-Mottelson model is given. A
good description of the excitation energies of the lowest ground,
$\gamma$, and $\beta$ quasibands is obtained
without the involvement of adjustable kinetic energy term. The
$\gamma$ degrees of freedom are shown to play a crucial role in the
description of spectroscopy of this nucleus. A modified $SU(3)$
preserving high-order interaction is used to produce a
$\gamma$-unstable type of the odd-even staggering, observed
experimentally between the states of the quasi-$\gamma$ band. The
present approach allows to describe the observed
intraband and interband quadrupole collectivity. The results
obtained in present work suggest a different interpretation of the
fundamental question concerning the nature of low-energy vibrations
and the emergence of deformation and collectivity in the weakly deformed atomic nuclei.