Vuksanović Stanković: Officials at the Belgrade airport provoked me on a national basis

"What I especially want to emphasize is that I will never be a traitor to my country in order to enter Serbia, a country for which I have a special emotion, the country where my mother was born and where my aunt lives. Because I will never equate the official politics of Serbia with the Serbian people and with the state of Serbia"

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Vuksanović Stanković, Photo: Luka Zeković
Vuksanović Stanković, Photo: Luka Zeković
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Ažurirano: 05.07.2021. 14:47h

Member of Parliament of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Draginja Vuksanović Stanković said that she was treated like a potential criminal at the Belgrade airport and that she experienced provocations on a national basis from officials who searched her for an hour and a half.

She said at the press conference that the police officers there did not explain to her why they were searching her, nor did they make a record of the search.

"What I especially want to emphasize is that I will never be a traitor to my country in order to enter Serbia, a country for which I have a special emotion, the country where my mother was born and where my aunt lives. Because I will never equate the official politics of Serbia with the Serbian people and with the state of Serbia," said the SDP MP.

She said that she will never be a servant to the official policy of Serbia "which is current, nor to the official policy of any other country":

"I will always serve my Montenegro and my people, and on that path no event can discourage or sway me. Let them do their job, and I will continue to work in the interest of the state of Montenegro and my people," she said. MP of the SDP.

She thanked the President of the Assembly Aleksa Bečić, fellow MPs and media representatives for being with her.

She did not want to comment on the absence of Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić's reaction.

"First of all, I want to thank everyone, first of all my Social Democratic Party, political entities, fellow MPs, the President of the Assembly Aleksa Bečić, all media representatives, all friends and the respected representative of the Embassy of Montenegro, Mrs. Vuković, who were by my side all the time during these unfortunate events. events. I had inconveniences both when entering Serbia and when leaving the country of Serbia," said Vuksanović-Stanković.

SDP General Secretary Ivan Vujović said that Serbia does not extradite criminals to Montenegro "who robbed this country, but that's why they treat MPs as criminals".

He said that this case should not be treated as isolated and that they expect the Montenegrin Government to ask Serbia for an explanation regarding these events:

"We think that this is a relationship towards the state of Montenegro, not an individual. It must not stop there and this must not be treated as an isolated case," said Vujović.

SDP Vice President Bojan Zeković said that this is the attitude towards two thirds of the Montenegrin Parliament who voted for the resolution on Srebrenica.

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