BLOG New protest and blockades announced for next week: "We will gather until someone takes responsibility"

Due to the protest, Stanko Dragojevića Boulevard was closed to traffic from 11 a.m. to around 17.35:XNUMX p.m. They again called for the resignations of Minister Danilo Šaranović and Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Bečić.

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From today's protest, Photo: Luka Zeković
From today's protest, Photo: Luka Zeković
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Ažurirano: 13.02.2025. 18:22h
Finished
17: 37h

The rally in front of the Government building ended around 17.35:XNUMX p.m., when the crowd began to disperse.

Change: 18:25 p.m
17: 36h

Marko Vukčević from "Kamo Śutra?" said that it has once again been shown that a large number of people stand behind the demands and that they want to live in a safer country.

"There were a couple of hundred people constantly. A thousand people, if not more, must have passed through here during the day. We are sure that the government heard us, we hope that they will listen and that the demands will be fulfilled soon," he told "Vijesti" and added that a large protest will be organized next week.

He announced that the blockades would also continue.

Vukčević reiterated that they should continue with the protests until their demands are met, and that they are energized by seeing how many people were affected by what happened in Cetinje on January 1, but also two and a half years ago in Medovina.

17: 34h

One of the members of the group "Where Tomorrow?" Hana Rastoder announced a new protest next week.

She said they were doing it for "our children, but also theirs," alluding to the officials who she said should be ashamed.

She said that they will continue to gather until someone takes responsibility.

17: 29h

At 17:26 p.m., the organizers called on the crowd to make "the biggest noise possible."

 
17: 20h

A detail from the protest recorded by a Vijesti journalist at around 17.15:XNUMX p.m.

 
15: 52h

See the pictures from our photojournalist Boris Pejović

14: 42h

Citizens chant "armchair people" and demand their resignations.

 
 

Video: Aljoša Turović

14: 01h

The government session begins at 14 p.m., and those gathered plan to disrupt it with noise.

 
 
 
 

Video: Aljoša Turović

Change: 14:25 p.m
13: 28h

Citizens chant "resignation, resignation".

 

Video: Aljoša Turović 

protest Where to tomorrow?
photo: Aljoša Turović
protest Where to tomorrow?
photo: Aljoša Turović
Change: 13:34 p.m
13: 21h

Kristijan Blečić, a master's student at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje, said that he is protesting today because he does not want to live in a country where everything is possible and tolerated, and because he wants responsibility to be taken.

"I saw that my colleagues stood up for something that I also think is important and I want to support them. That's why I'm here today," he pointed out.

When asked if he was satisfied with the response, he replied that he was as many people as possible, but that "it could be much better."

"I hope that more people will come, because this is not just our business - us students and us young people, but the business of all of Montenegro. That we all live in a safer and better country," said Blečić.

Kristijan Blečić
Kristijan Blečićphoto: Aljoša Turović

He invites students and other young people to join the gatherings.

"As our elders used to tell us - the world rests with the young. So let's take action for that world, as it were. I don't think we have much left, but we can't give up on it. We have to fight, so that we can build something better for our children," he believes.

Blečić says that he has been coming since the first gatherings, and that more people should come.

"I think the protests should be more aggressive. Of course, not physically, but with more people, and the blockades should last longer and be more frequent. But for that, we need some kind of green light from citizens - for them to come in larger numbers," he believes.

Finally, he tells citizens to fight for themselves and their loved ones.

"Come, it's nothing serious. Free yourself, come, fight - if not for yourself, then for your most important, your loved ones. That's it, enjoy, I hope everything will be fine," he concludes.

12: 54h

One of the members of the group “Kamo Śutra?”, Milo Perović, recited the poem “Naši dani” by Vladislav Petković Dis.

 

Video: Aljoša Turović

Law student Nemanja Nuculović said that he was here to support his colleagues and that he was satisfied with the response from citizens.

Nemanja Nuculovic
photo: Aljoša Turović

He called for the demands to be met as soon as possible, in order to end the blockades.

12: 10h

Democratic Party of Socialists MP Oskar Hutter also attended today's protest.

Also present are: Dean of the Faculty of Government and European Studies Đorđije Blažić, Vice-Dean for Teaching at the Faculty of Montenegrin Language and Literature Adnan Čirgić, former Director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption Jelena Perović, Teaching Associate at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Montenegro Nemanja Batrićević, President of the Handball Federation Petar Kapisoda, actor Davor Dragojević, Director of the Media Center Goran Đurović, former Secretary General of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee Igor Vušurović...

Change: 12:46 p.m
12: 03h

After organizers placed a doll representing Interior Minister Danilo Šaranović tied to a chair, the crowd began chanting "resignation, resignation"

puppet Danilo Šaranović, protest at the Government, protest Kamo sjutra
photo: Aljoša Turović
11: 38h

One of the members of the group "Where Tomorrow?" Hana Rastoder told "Vijesti" that they do not expect the number to be the same throughout the day, but that they invite all citizens to come when they can.

Hana Rastoder
Hana Rastoderphoto: Aljoša Turović

She pointed out that they are forced to radicalize the gatherings again, because the government is not reacting in any way.

Hana Rastoder
photo: Aljoša Turović
 

Video: Boris Pejović

"Here, we have been blocking for five days in a row, and citizens have also been blocking in their own cities in a self-organized manner, and the Government is not reacting at all, which leads us to suspect that this Government has no ear for the dissatisfaction of its citizens and that perhaps not all of its citizens are equally important to it. So we are forced, I hope we won't, but we probably will, to radicalize our actions every time," she said.

 

Video: Boris Pejović

When asked if they planned blockades in new municipalities, she said that they would leave that up to the citizens in those areas, as has been the case with all blockades outside Podgorica.

 

Video: Boris Pejović

Change: 12:03 p.m
11: 21h

Organizers invited those gathered to position themselves at the intersection.

Change: 11:44 p.m
11: 06h

Citizens are gathering.

Stanko Dragojevića Boulevard is blocked from Svetog Petra Cetinjski Boulevard to Ivana Crnojevića Boulevard.

 

Video: Aljoša Turović

Change: 11:49 p.m
11: 04h

The informal group of students "Where to Tomorrow?" began a blockade lasting several hours in front of the Government building in Podgorica, due to unfulfilled demands regarding the tragedy in Cetinje in which 13 people were killed.

Students called on citizens from all cities in Montenegro to hold a joint blockade from 11 a.m. to 17.26:XNUMX p.m.

Milo Perović from the group "Where Tomorrow?" said earlier that during the blockade they would try to disrupt the Government session with noise.

The Government session has been announced for 14 p.m.

Perović said that they reported the protest and explained what they were planning in a conversation with the police.

He said that he expects people from all over Montenegro to come to the blockade.

Change: 11:16 p.m

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