In accordance with the promise made to the citizens, the Democratic MPs submitted a proposal to amend the agenda, which demands that the agenda item - Proposal of the Law on Amendments be included in the agenda of the Fourth Session of the Second Regular (Autumn) Session in 2022, scheduled for December 12 and amendments to the Law on State and Other Holidays, which the Democrats submitted to the parliamentary procedure on November 15, and which foresees that in the future this day will be celebrated on two non-working days.
Vladimir Martinović, deputy and vice-president of this party, said this in the press release of Democratic Montenegro and reminded that on the proposal of the Democrats in the Assembly of Montenegro, Njegoš Day, November 13, was declared a Montenegrin cultural holiday.
"Despite all the appeals we sent to the Government of Montenegro, as well as their ignoring of the Minister of Justice Marko Kovač, whose proposal was rejected at the Government session, that Monday, November 14, be a non-working day for all citizens of Montenegro, considering that this celebrated this year's holiday on Sunday, November 13, they failed to hide their political motives and respect the great man Njegoš was," says Martinović.
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Article 3 of the Law on State and Other Holidays, as he stated, clearly and decisively stipulates that if the holiday is a Sunday, the following two days are non-working days.
"If the second holiday is a Sunday, the first following day is a non-working day. Article 3b of the same Law states: 'Njegošev day, the Montenegrin holiday of culture, is celebrated on one day and on the day of the holiday.' Article 3 of this Law only stipulates that Njegoš's Day is celebrated on a holiday, if the holiday is a working day," said Martinović.
He says that bearing in mind the importance of celebrating November 13 - Njegošev's Day - the Montenegrin cultural holiday, as well as the different interpretations of the provisions of the currently valid Law, it was necessary to foresee that this holiday in Montenegro has the status of a national holiday, in the way it was proposed and to mark this holiday with two non-working days from next year.
"Peter II Petrović Njegoš is undoubtedly the most prominent ruler of Montenegrin history, who gave our people timeless works, making himself eternal and his own people proud of such a ruler, writer and philosopher. For all the reasons mentioned and the significance he had in Montenegrin history and culture, our obligation was to repay him. Democrats do not forget who their ancestors were, what were the values for which they gave their lives, that is our clear roadmap," Martinović concluded.
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