Vladimir Božović, a native of Nikšić who earned the title of ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in his home country Montenegro, should have been declared persona non grata a long time ago, i.e. removed from Montenegro, the Liberal Party announced.
They announced that Božović's actions have been "known to the liberals for a long time", and that they have pointed to them several times "demanding an urgent reaction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs".
"We expected that this and other ministries would act at least half as zealously towards Vladimir Božović as they did towards the Montenegrin patriots Mirna Nikčević and Sandra Bugarin who defended their country from people like the naturalized Serb Božović, unfortunately all that was missing then. It should have Minister Darmanović has time to take seriously and understand what the representative of Belgrade diplomacy is doing in Podgorica and throughout Montenegro and to react in the last days of his mandate," the announcement states.
They believe that this move should have been made earlier.
"Shouldn't such a diplomatic and political move have been made when Božović denied the Montenegrin nation, church, identity or when he called for disrespect for the law, or when he recently demanded that Serbia should also intervene in the formation of the new government and that through him the Serbian diplomacy must be included in the selection of ministers. In the latter, he succeeded in cooperation with the Serbian church, but he failed to lay a wreath in front of the ramparts of the Old Town in Budva, because he was prevented from doing so by Montenegrin patriots and patriots who did not allow such humiliation of their country ", they believe in this political entity.
As they claim, "then the ambassador suddenly changed his mind, justifying himself with an alleged conversation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro where he was invited because of the announcement of a visit to the disputed memorial plaque".
"In less than a year since he has been the representative of Serbia in his home country of Montenegro, Ambassador Božović has managed to create several diplomatic scandals, among which it should be especially pointed out that at the beginning of January 2020, he refused to receive a note of protest from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro that was sent to him presented on the occasion of the burning of the Montenegrin flag by several hundred fans, gathered in front of the Embassy of Montenegro in Belgrade. We remember the same person during the month of May when this patriot with deep traces of his work in Kosovo tried to edit the morning program of RTCG, more precisely its musical part, although insufficiently talented by nature, and insufficiently competent by profession for this kind of meddling, he still believed that he had the right to meddle in the editorial policy of the media," the statement said.
They said that "in addition to the omissions related to the character and work of Vladimir Božović, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro seems to be inclined to make other omissions when it comes to some persons who are banned from entering Montenegro, such as the prosaic writer and historian, the naive Matija Bećković".
As they state, it is a big mystery to them how "this native of Senčani, who likes to present himself as a Montenegrin even though he has little connection with Montenegro", entered Montenegro and spoke at the funeral of Metropolitan Amfilohi Radović in Podgorica.
They wonder if he entered as part of the delegation of official Serbia, "or as a masked person, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro remains to inform us, of course if they themselves have such information", they said in this party.
They said that as far as that party is concerned, "Božović, as well as Selaković, Raković, Bećković and other experts on Montenegrin issues have long been declared persona non grata and their stay in Montenegro is not desirable until they apologize to the Montenegrins and change his obscure rhetoric".
"It is sad that a country like Serbia with a rich diplomatic history and network hires such an ambassador to represent the honorable profession of ambassador in Montenegro," the statement concluded.
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