The heads of parliamentary opposition clubs addressed the Secretary General of the Parliament of Montenegro, Aleksandar Klarić, seeking information and insight into the process that led to the selection of the new visual identity of the highest legislative chamber.
"We are writing to you regarding the information from the First Session of the Second Regular Session in 2024 that the Assembly has determined its logo, with the request that, as a person who is the only person authorized to determine the visual identity and logo of the Assembly in accordance with Article 28 of the Rules of Procedure, provide us with additional information and insight into process that led to the selection of a new visual identity of the highest legislative chamber. Considering that such an important activity must be carried out in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly and other positive legal regulations of Montenegro, which was definitely not the case in this example, and bearing in mind the historical context of this decision, we believe it is important to provide the members of the Assembly, as well as the Montenegrin public as a whole, with the following information about the process of choosing a new logo, and therefore we demand that as soon as possible", says the memo signed by the heads of the DPS deputies' club Andrija Nikolić, GP URA Miloš Konatar, SD Boris Mugoš and HGI and DUA Adrijan Vuksanović.
They ask Klarić to publish the Decision on the selection of the new logo of the Parliament of Montenegro, together with the accompanying competition documentation.
They also ask that he informs them when a competition has been announced for the creation of a conceptual solution for the visual identity, including the logo and emblem of the Assembly.
"Did you carry out the same procedure as on July 30, 2021, when you, as the Secretary General, announced the first competition for the development of the conceptual-graphic solution of the trademark of the Parliament of Montenegro and its basic application? Please inform us when the competition for the development of the conceptual solutions of the visual identity, including the logo and emblem of the Parliament? Who was the winner of the competition, and according to what criteria? , color, motifs, etc., and according to what criteria those requirements were determined", stated the heads of the club of representatives of DPS, URA, SD and HGI and DUA.
They add that as the General Secretary of the Assembly, Klarić "certainly knows very well that the Zetski dom in Cetinje (built in 1888) authentically symbolizes the parliamentary tradition of Montenegro", and that the first sessions of the Montenegrin National Assembly were held there, and the first Montenegrin constitution was adopted in 1905 and passed the key laws of the then Principality/Kingdom of Montenegro.
"It is this building that represents the birthplace of Montenegrin parliamentarism, while the Government House, built in 1910, was the host of later convocations of parliament until 1918, when Montenegro's independence was terminated," the MPs point out.
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On the other hand, they add, the Zetska banovina building (built in 1932), which was created in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and as a building has nothing to do with the original tradition of Montenegrin parliamentarism, because it served the administration of the Zetska banovina, one of the nine territorial units created within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. in which the statehood and independence of Montenegro is lost.
"The question arises as to how it came to be that a building that symbolizes the denial of democratic rights and identity of Montenegro is now announced as a visual symbol and logo of the Parliament of Montenegro. We emphasize that it is of particular importance that the Parliament of Montenegro has a visual identity that will reflect its rich historical and democratic tradition, and therefore we expect your answer and appropriate documentation so that the public is fully informed about this process", concludes the letter of Nikolić, Konatar, Mugoša and Vuksanović.
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