Joksimović: Residents of Vranes are asking for dual citizenship or a referendum to join Serbia

If Montenegrin citizens are not granted dual citizenship, the Vraneš Valley area will seek a referendum to decide on its future, said Momo Joksimović on behalf of the Vraneš Citizens' Association.

He pointed out that the issue of dual citizenship is preoccupying the citizens of Vranes and other border areas with "brotherly Serbia".

"The DPS is politicizing this issue to the point of exhaustion. If there is no dual citizenship, Vranes is demanding a referendum to decide where to go next. Bosniaks, Croats and Albanians do not mind that people are voting in Montenegro for another state, that buses come from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Tuzla, Zenica, Sarajevo ... to the northern Montenegrin region for the elections. In addition, our citizens from Montenegro who live in BiH are welcomed by the DPS with food, drinks and other things and a monetary compensation for their vote. Paid guests - voters visit their property and relatives along the way. When the Serbs of Montenegro ask for something that is generally accepted in international law, it cannot be done without a fuss," Joksimović said in a statement sent to the media. He pointed out that the countries of the European Union almost unconditionally not only accept, but also force the legal acquis of dual citizenship.

"Dual citizenship is represented in 24 of the 27 countries of the European Union. Out of 193 countries in the world, 160 countries have dual citizenship. The initiation of dual citizenship in Montenegro is not only legitimate, but even desirable to initiate, and thus harmonize with modern processes of legal civilization and European processes, without unnecessary upheaval, turbulence and inappropriate reactions.

"Montenegro has installed the most rigorous destructive model of citizenship, which keeps tens of thousands of martyrs in uncertainty, with the status of refugees and displaced persons, so these people went through a golgotha ​​to obtain citizenship. This is the most inhumane possible way and terror," Joksimović assessed.

He said that the relations between the former Yugoslav republics, and especially between Montenegro and Serbia, are intertwined in many aspects - from economy and healthcare, through culture and history to blood feuds, and that the DPS has introduced rigorous regulations related to citizenship in order to remain in power.

"The citizens of Vranes are demanding dual citizenship or a referendum. We will not be hostages to DPS's rigid rules, setbacks and setbacks," concluded Joksimović.