Demos announced that Bishop Joaniki from Budimlja-Nikšić and the priests who were arrested yesterday in Nikšić should be released immediately.
Bishop Joaniki of Budimlja-Nikšić was ordered to be detained for up to 72 hours after the hearing at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Nikšić because of last night's procession in that city, where thousands of citizens gathered, and which was held despite the ban on public gatherings.
Detention of up to 72 hours was also ordered for the priests of the Nikšić Congregational Church, Danilo Zirojević, Željko Rojević, Ostoja Kneževiž, Mirko Vukotić, Vasilij Brborić, Dragan Krušić and Nikola Marojević.
"Due to the continuation of Milo Đukanović's political operation to raise the political tension to a fever pitch in the election year and thus divert the topic from the reality of a corrupt country, as evidenced by the public attitudes of the most important international addresses, we demand the immediate release of the church champions", announced Demos.
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All the more so because - they add from Demos - they do not deny the public and legal unfolding of the situation.
"The top of the ruling party, through the institutions they control, tries to humiliate church figures with a show of force, wanting to strengthen its project of dividing hatred in Montenegro. At the same time, it does so shamelessly, bearing in mind that the same party and its president have gone from idolizing the same church to of the current persecution. We warn the government that the project of demonstration of force and division is moving into risky phases with all possible consequences for the stability of the country," Demos said.
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