Rade Bojović, the former coordinator of the movement for independence, said that the Great Serbian rebellion against the state-building, civil, multi-ethnic, anti-fascist and Euro-Atlantic state with the support of Serbia and Russia is at work in Montenegro.
He believes that under the pretext that the religious and property rights of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) are threatened, it is essentially a Great Serbian rebellion against Montenegro.
"At the same time, the united church-opposition action, supported from the outside, is logically directed against the wavering and passive government that finally dared to ask - whose Montenegrin property is," said Bojović in an interview with the MINA agency.
He assessed that the Law on Freedom of Religion brought into question the decades-long extraterritorial and extraterritorial status of Serbian bishoprics, and that it was therefore realistic to expect mass protests to be organized against such a decision.
Bojović said that in the background there is an obvious intention to destabilize Montenegro and open space for the reanimation of the politics that destroyed Montenegrin society once 30 years ago.
"Montenegro still hasn't recovered from such an anti-Montenegrin and anti-civilization policy, so it would have a hard time surviving the new puppet and Greater Serbian administration," added Bojović.
He believes that any attempt to make the Serbian Orthodox Church aware that it cannot have extraterritorial legal treatment and, as he said, cannot be a foreign state in the state of Montenegro, meets with bitter resistance from its clergy and Belgrade's hegemonic politics.
"Serbian bishoprics want to be permanently privileged, to act unhindered in the direction of Serbianization of Montenegrins and to be the decisive factor that will bring the hibernating unionists to power. This would discredit the Great Serbian and anti-European policy that was defeated in the state-making referendum," said Bojović, who is a law graduate.
He believes that the Law on Freedom of Religion is a modern legal text, which protects freedom of religion and belief and enables the autonomous work of churches, but also pleads to regulate the status of all active religious communities in Montenegro equally.
"At the same time, this Law, on the basis of several lex specialis provisions, highlights the legal will of the legislator that church property from before December 1918, XNUMX, which was state-owned or was created by the investment of citizens, if there is no evidence of a valid legal basis for the current holders, be registered as state property," Bojović said.
He pointed out that no religious community rebelled against these decisions except the bishoprics of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
"This raises a logical question regarding the legal conscientiousness of Serbian bishoprics that use sacral property in Montenegro," added Bojović.
He assessed that we should take into account the historical fact that the property used by the autocephalous Montenegrin Orthodox Church (CPC) was de facto nationalized after the creation of the SHS Kingdom and illegally handed over to the renewed Serbian Patriarchate.
"That's why, instead of these few provisions that are the reason for the so-called happening of the people, it would be more morally and legally correct if the parliament passed the Law on the renationalization of sacred property that was used by the autocephalous CPC and which was illegally registered with the SPC," said Bojović.
He stated that this law could also determine a fair compensation to the Serbian bishoprics in the same amount that the annexation authorities of the Kingdom of SHS "paid" to the CPC.
"By the way, the state of Montenegro should have filed a compensation claim against the Serbian Orthodox Church due to the decades-long devastation of Montenegrin sacred and cultural heritage. This would have solved the false dilemmas surrounding the so-called seizure of property more justly, honestly and unambiguously," Bojović believes.
He said that the certainty of confiscation of the usurped property frustrated the SPC and Serbian nationalist circles to the extent that they immediately decided to organize a broad propaganda-political action which, in the first phase, aims to destabilize the state, spread fear in the public, as well as demoralize and dismiss authorities.
"It is realistic that this first political phase lasts until the end of the parliamentary elections. If it were successful, a second phase would occur, which aims to form a puppet government under the control of Belgrade and Moscow, distance itself from Brussels and compromise the position of Montenegro in the NATO pact", said Bojović.
He stated that in return, the SPC could use the stolen Montenegrin property unhindered and become the pivot of the Orthodox Jamahiriya in Montenegro.
"At the same time, the state of Montenegro would last only until the moment when Greater Serbia's planners estimate that it is a suitable time for a new annexation, similar to 1918 or 1989," said Bojović.
Asked if the Law is in accordance with the Constitution, Bojović replied that the Montenegrin Constitution guarantees property rights, and therefore also the property rights of the State of Montenegro.
"And the modern state of Montenegro is a historical and legal follower of the Kingdom of Montenegro. Therefore, what was Montenegrin then should be now. Because what is illegal from the beginning does not become legal over time," said Bojović.
He said that the SPC refuses to sign a basic contract with the state, because it would like to sign a privileged contract with Montenegro, which is neither civil, nor European, nor Montenegrin.
Bojović assessed that the reasons for the large number of people at litias are multiple, from primarily Greater Serbian motives, through the instrumentalization of social dissatisfaction, all the way to the blind loyalty of the faithful towards the clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
He believes that the common denominator of those who participate in the rallies, regardless of whether they understand the background of the protest or not, is political and symbolic indifference towards the statehood of Montenegro as well as strong animosity towards the authorities.
Bojović said that many things are being forgotten because, as he stated, Montenegro is not (Milo) Đukanović's DPS, nor is Amfilohije a Montenegrin metropolitan.
"Neither litijas are any kind of free-spirited movement, nor did the Serbian church create Montenegro, nor is the government worse than the majority of the people, nor does this kind of government deserve to rule, nor does the litija opposition deserve to come to power, nor can the SPC survive on the throne of Saint Peter of Cetinje if an independent and European Montenegro survives," Bojović said.
He said that we should not forget that the former unionist parties still have more voters than there are minors and adult citizens present at the rallies.
Bojović believes that this number is not enough to win power, even when you have the "decadent DPS and its anemic political allies" as your opponent.
He said that, in order for Greater Serbian politics to win the elections, only support from Belgrade and Moscow is not enough, but it is necessary to win over some of the former sovereigntists from politics and beyond.
Bojović said that such sovereignists have been justifying their renegade role for a long time with a "psychedelic thesis about the need to democratize society and strengthen the rule of law in cooperation with Chetnik populists and anti-Western parties that tremble at Amfilohi's anathemas."
"And at the same time, they forget that it is the same Amfilohije who did everything to irritate, initiate and insult Montenegrins, the same Amfilohije who pushed the Serbian people into ruin with years of incitement to war and then defended and protected Serbian fascists and war criminals," he said. is Bojović.
He said that there are a decent number of DPS supporters at the rallies.
"It is the product of the creation of a party without ideology, that is, a party that has never faced its impure past or a party whose state-building ends where power-loving, sinecures, business combinations, private and family interests begin," said Bojović.
He believes that Serbia's behavior towards Montenegro, if the honorable signatories of the appeal of support for an independent and pro-European Montenegro are singled out, is aggressive and chauvinistic.
Bojović said that the ruling and opposition Serbia are equally united in their hatred of Montenegro, as well as their support for the bishoprics of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the lackey opposition parties, the Democratic Front, the Democrats, and the Socialist People's Party.
"In this sense, it is not known who is worse, whether the former warmonger and hypocritical Serbian president Vučić, his degenerate ministers, the Serbian patriarch and his misanthropic hierarchs, the chauvinistic leaders of the failed Serbian opposition or the lying and hateful media from Belgrade," Bojović said.
Asked how current events will affect the political scene in Montenegro, he replied that they will further disappoint the public in an already worn out and discredited political class.
"In this sense, the discrepancy between the election turnout and the actual feelings of the majority of citizens will continue, regardless of their political affiliation. I believe that since the restoration of independence, the parties have not stood worse in the general public than they do today," said Bojović.
This, he believes, is part of the explanation for Amphilochius' ecclesiastical and political rise.
"DPS and its allies will be additionally burdened with their low-productivity policy and increasingly futile electoral victories, while the dominant opposition will continue its political wanderings and will continue to be torn between serving anti-Montenegrin policies and commitment to regressive and referendum-defeated political ideas," he said. is Bojović.
However, he added, as the elections approach, the voters of the government will return to the government, while the voters of the opposition will continue to wander between several related opposition parties.
"Those third-party voters, who have long been fed up with both the government and the opposition, will try to recognize an alternative, or they will "stop their noses" and vote for whoever seems to them to be the lesser evil, or they will continue to ignore the barren election processes," Bojović said.
When asked where it is possible to reach a compromise between Prime Minister Marković and Metropolitan Amfilohi, he replied that, when it comes to the SPC, a sufficient compromise by the authorities would be that such a church is tolerated in Montenegro.
"At the same time, Serbian bishoprics must not be allowed to continue their service without legal subjectivity and a fundamental contract that will primarily limit their ignoring the state of Montenegro and regulate the way Montenegrin sacred goods are used," said Bojović.
On the other hand, he believes, the state must be open to supporting the process of establishing the autocephalous Montenegrin Orthodox Church because of the believers who are of Montenegrin nationality.
"Because, we should not forget, just as the concept of a civil, multi-ethnic and European state has no better alternative, so Montenegro cannot survive in the long term without the marginalization of Greater Serbian politics and understanding of the identity of Montenegrins who do not have a reserve state," added Bojović.
When asked how he sees the political perspective and what could contribute to political and wider progress in Montenegro, he replied that there are no hints that something important can change for the better after the upcoming elections.
"It can certainly get worse, as confirmed by current events. In order for something truly progressive to happen within the current political class, it is necessary for all parties to finally face their distorted image in the mirror," said Bojović.
He clarified that, for example, DPS would then see that Montenegro is tired of his clientelism and kleptocracy.
"Just like from his veterans led by Đukanović and his loyalists," said Bojović.
According to him, the dominant opposition should understand that it is high time to start healing from Greater Serbia and anti-Western Russophilism.
"It is high time for him to stop impersonating the Serbian diaspora in his country, as well as for swearing to a democratic, just and multi-ethnic society while dragging him under the yoke of the SPC ends legally against Montenegro and its freedom," concluded Bojović.
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