The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said that the state will react to the ban on the entry of four Serbian intellectuals into Montenegro, because such a decision threatens the right to freedom of opinion.
"The state of Serbia must react. This is something I was shocked by, because we banned the entry of criminals, people on the wanted list, members of the Kavački and Skaljar clans, and someone else in response banned a different opinion," Vučić told TV Prva.
Vučić said that Serbian Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović informed him that academician Matija Bećković, historians Čedomir Antic and Aleksandar Raković, and professor of the Faculty of Law in Priština Dejan Mirović were prohibited from entering Montenegro.
"We don't know if there are more people, but what they referred to in one sentence is endangering the safety and security of Montenegro," said Vučić.
He said that Stefanović will speak with the Montenegrin minister, and that he will speak with President Milo Đukanović.
"We will discuss concrete measures if we do not get a more rational answer from Montenegro," said Vučić.
Assessed that with the decision on the ban, the Montenegrin authorities introduced the tort of opinion, which is inadmissible in the 21st century.
"The authorities in Montenegro sanction or introduce not a verbal offense, but an opinion offence, they do not allow anyone to think differently about the past, the present or the future," said Vučić and assessed that Serbia is a "bastion of freedom".
The newspaper Dan announced today that the Police Administration has passed a decision banning Serbian intellectuals from entering Montenegro.
"Besides Bećković, historians Čedomir Antic and Aleksandar Raković, as well as Serbian politician and lawyer Dejan Mirović, were denied crossing the state border," the Border Police told Dan.
Dan announced that their earlier statements are the main reason for the ban, which, according to Montenegrin security services, are a threat to the security of the country.
Reacting to that, Matija Bećković told N1 that he is not surprised for himself, but that he is surprised for the historians who are on that "list" and that he does not know whether this applies to him alive or dead, since the dead plan to live in Montenegro.
The central celebration of the centenary of the Podgorica Assembly and the Day of the Unification of Montenegro with Serbia and other South Slavic nations will be held on December 1 in the Crypt of the Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection in Podgorica, and Matija Bećković was also supposed to speak.
Antić: I am honored, I will come when the people invite me
Historian Čedimir Antic said that he was honored by the Montenegrin authorities' decision to ban him from entering Montenegro and said that he would come to that country when the people called him.
Antić told Tanjug that the ban from the Police Administration of Montenegro was expected for him.
"It is a country that welcomes war criminals like Thaci and Haradinaj with great pleasure, where various criminal, drug and tobacco clans have refuge and where there are twice as many murders per thousand inhabitants than anywhere in Europe, and that it is expected that the problem is a poet , two professors and a scientist," said Antic
Antić emphasizes that the special problem with this ban, as he pointed out, is its exceptionality.
"We have not seen since 45 that people, who are intellectuals and do their job, are forbidden to enter in this way," says Antić.
According to him, all this is happening because, as he says, the Montenegrin regime is left alone.
"Milo Đukanović's regime is left alone, it is no longer interesting to the great powers and it only has chauvinist hatred," said Antić.
He said that he will continue with his activities.
"I will come to Montenegro when the people call me, which will be when Milo Đukanović comes to an end. And to paraphrase the great Serbian politician and lawyer, Slobodan Jovanović - I will come with freedom," Antić concluded.
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