The emblem of the chapel on Lovćen on the shoulder of a member of the Special Police Unit is not a provocation, but a message that he is not defending a party, but a vow, said the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia parliamentary group, Boris Bogdanović.
The institution of the protector of human rights and freedoms, as announced earlier today by the Human Rights Action, recommended to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to change the emblem on the uniform of the Special Police Unit "in accordance with the civic and secular character of Montenegro".
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Bogdanović said that when someone recommends removing the emblem of the chapel on Lovćen from police uniforms, they do not attack a single sign or a single grave.
"It strikes at memory. At the foundation. At dignity. It strikes at Montenegro, which does not depend on political rotation, but on the centuries-old vertical," Bogdanović said in his reaction.
As he pointed out, Lovćen is not a religious symbol.
"Montenegro is hunted in stone. It is a place where not only a bishop and a ruler rest, but also an idea: that Montenegro can be defended with song and rifle, with faith and law, with word and honor," said Bogdanović.
According to him, the chapel on the special forces soldier's shoulder is not a provocation.
"It's a message that he is not defending the party, but the vow. He is not arresting for difference, but for crime. He is not looking at the nation, but at the badge. And the badge is not the enemy of diversity, but the guarantor of security," Bogdanović added.
He asked if tomorrow someone would propose changing the coat of arms of Montenegro, and therefore the flag.
"Will the ombudsman say that the eagle's wings are too wide or that the crown discriminates against those who do not believe in it?" Bogdanović asked.
As he pointed out, the civic character of a state is not measured by erasing symbols of the past, regardless of which religious or national group they are directed towards, but by recognizing a common value in them.
Secularism, Bogdanovć added, does not mean amnesia, nor that Montenegro does not know what it is and who it is.
"A Montenegro that is ashamed of Lovćen, both the past and the present, is not Montenegro. It is just the space between the mountain and oblivion," said Bogdanović.
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