Knežević: Vesna Pećanac's living conditions are still unbearable, those who gave their word to finally help her

"After our strong promises that he will return to a normal civil life, even now in his later years, which he spends with extremely inhumane, humiliating conditions and innumerable debts and poverty, we granted citizenship to Vesni Pećanac, and that's all there is to it," he pointed out. Knezevic

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Knežević, Photo: DNP
Knežević, Photo: DNP
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As a citizen, cultural and political worker, I once again appeal to our entire public regarding the still intolerable living conditions of the actress Vesna Pećanac, whom Montenegro this time helped everything and nothing, announced today Milan Knežević, president of the Democratic People's Party (DNP) and one of the leaders of the Democratic Front (DF).

"After our strong promises that he will return to a normal civil life, even now in his later years, which he spends with extremely inhumane, humiliating conditions and innumerable debts and poverty, we granted citizenship to Vesni Pećanac, and that's all there is to it," he pointed out. Knežević, it was announced from the DNP.

He added that today we are in turbulent political times, but that should not justify us in the face of strong and unfulfilled promises, which flagrantly testify that we completely forgot about Vesna Pećanac, after a certain amount of fanfare in the media.

"We have only taken the first step towards her return to a life worthy of a human being and a citizen and, in our already traditional manner, we have left Vesna Pećanac, as a recognized artist and a proven victim, to waste her bitter life in the worst possible conditions. I hereby invite all those , who gave their word that they would help her, to remember their human obligation and finally concretely help this artist in the days of her life's cruel golgotha, which already lasts indefinitely. In general poverty and troubles, rejected by many who should not forget her , Vesna Pećanac doesn't know what to do with the obtained citizenship," Knežević said.

Pećanac was filmed in January of this year in a folk kitchen in Belgrade.

At the time, one of the users wrote on Twitter that Pećanac was a "regular user of the kitchen of the Religious Charitable Guardianship".

Director Srđan Dragojević then also published photos of Pećanac from the folk kitchen.

He stated that as a member of parliament he fought against the idea of ​​abolishing national pensions for artists in Serbia.

He also said that the law was overturned, but that these pensions were not granted for seven years.

"It's not nice for artists to experience something like this," wrote Dragojević.

The municipality of Nikšić then said that it is willing to provide Pećanac with all the conditions for a dignified life in Nikšić, if he agrees.

The then Minister of the Interior, Sergej Sekulović, made a decision in April to admit Pećanac to Montenegrin citizenship.

Pećanac is the wife of director Živko Nikolić.

She was remembered for her roles in the films "In the Name of the People", "The Beauty of Vice", "The Unseen Miracle", as well as in the series "Žekna has not died yet, and we don't know how", "The Originals".

She spent a large part of her career in "Atelje 212", where she was remembered for performing the monodrama "Oh, what a wonderful day".

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