The leader of the Europe Now Movement (PES) Milojko Spajić made a statement on Friday in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) regarding the facts and circumstances of acquiring Serbian citizenship.
This was confirmed by the Acting General Director of the Directorate for Administrative Affairs, Citizenship and Foreigners in the MUP, Radovan Popović, to "Vijesti".
He reminded that the procedure for the loss of Montenegrin citizenship by force of law against Spajić was initiated ex officio on February 15.
Spajić told the "Vijesti" portal that through a lawyer, as a proxy, he told the MUP that he wanted to keep his Montenegrin citizenship, and that he had already started to print out his Serbian citizenship and that he no longer resides in that country.
"For me it is a normal thing, I will never give up the Montenegrin citizenship that I have had since birth," Spajić told the "Vijesti" portal.
On February 16, the MUP announced that it would initiate administrative proceedings to revoke Spajić's Montenegrin citizenship, after the State Election Commission (SEC) provided them with a document from the Serbian MUP stating that Spajić resides in Belgrade.
On February 18, the SEC rejected Spajić's proposal for presidential candidacy due to "contradictions in the submitted documents."
The SEC's decision was preceded by that institution's move to send a request to the Republic Election Commission (REC) in Serbia to check whether Spajić and one of the leaders of the Democratic Front (DF), Andrija Mandić, have the right to vote and reside in that country. On February 14, the RIK forwarded the response of the Serbian MUP, which established that Spajić resides in Belgrade.
The PES leader then, although he denied it earlier, admitted that he has Serbian citizenship and that he requested a printout, as well as that he registered his residence in Belgrade.
After rejecting Spajić's candidacy, PES nominated their deputy president, Jakov Milatović, as head of state.
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