The Svetosavska Serbian List, which is participating in the local elections in Podgorica, announced that they are in favor of religious education in schools, a Serbian daily newspaper financed from the budget and a TV channel in the Serbian language.
They said that they are advocating for the "political unity of the Serbian people", at the level of Podgorica and the entire country.
"One of the central political goals of Svetosavska is the complete democratic transformation of Podgorica and Montenegro and the overall well-being of the citizens of the capital and the entire country. Svetosavska advocates for the full affirmation of Serbian national and Svetosavska identity and freedom, while guaranteeing and respecting the rights of all other national communities. Hope in achieving these goals, Svetosavska is based on the Orthodox faith and the libertarian and democratic tradition of the Serbian people, as well as on our struggle for the preservation of state ideals with Serbia and the Republika Srpska," said Radule - Rade Bojović, councilor candidate and vice president of the City Orbor of Svetosavska in Podgorica.
He assessed that the Serbs were "disenfranchised and systematically excluded from public politics".
"In striving for the position of the Serbian people in Podgorica and Montenegro to be resolved in a peaceful, democratic and civilized manner, respecting the experiences and standards of the most developed democratic states, Svetosavska will strive for the achievement of the following goals: Proportional representation of Serbs in state and local self-government bodies, in in accordance with the results of the upcoming census! Because the Serbs are disenfranchised and systematically excluded from public politics, even though as citizens of Montenegro they participate in the budget financing of all its institutions by a third", the statement adds.
According to Bojović, one of the goals is cultural and educational autonomy, which implies the right to primary, secondary and higher education, exclusively in the Serbian language, with "special curricula in the Serbian language and literature, national history and art history".
"The right to special textbooks whose authors will be verified by Serbian experts; the right to Orthodox religious education in schools; the right to profess religion in the Serbian Orthodox Church; the right to daily and periodical newspapers and magazines, television and radio stations; the right to a Serbian cultural center; Serbian the National Theater and the Serbian Publishing House".
"Given that the political and cultural elites of all nations in Montenegro have different, most often the opposite, view of the past, it is necessary that history and literature textbooks be adapted to those views, which means that they should be created by authentic representatives of the scientific and cultural elite of each individual nation. Cultural -educational autonomy implies the financing of cultural institutions of all nations in the country. Of the total budget funds earmarked for cultural needs, about 40% would be allocated to Montenegrin, 30% to Serbian, 10% to Bosniak, 5% to Albanian cultural creators and their institutions. the peoples of Montenegro must be informed in their native languages. Likewise, Serbs must get their own daily newspaper, which would be financed from the budget, as well as a TV channel in the Serbian language," concluded Bojović.
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