NGO Group: The Purpose of Amendments to the Law on Public Assemblies is to Suppress Protests in the North

The non-governmental organizations Euromost, Minority Shareholders of Gornji Ibar, GRO Radnik and the Movement of Pensioners of Montenegro said in a joint statement that the goal of the drafters of the Amendments to the Law on Public Assemblies is to suppress the protests of citizens in the north of Montenegro, which, they estimate, will increase in the future due to discrimination, as well as the difficult economic and ecological situation in the northern region.

"Citizens in the north have been facing many such unconstitutional, illegal changes and pressure from previous governments in their 20-year struggle, but they have not given up their fight, nor will they under pressure from the current government," the statement said.

These organizations have announced that in the event of amendments to the law, they will file an appeal with the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, and they plan to continue protests in front of the Government of Montenegro, ministries, state and local institutions, municipalities, and in any place where the law allows.

They announce that they will organize other activities, with the aim of pointing out, as they say, discrimination against citizens in the north of Montenegro, as well as the difficult economic and environmental situation in that part of the country.

"You have scattered our children all over the world, but you have forgotten that you are not their families, you are not the young generations that are just coming, you are not thousands of pensioners and former workers, who are already preparing for mass protests in front of the Parliament of Montenegro due to discrimination through your laws, which you will soon find out," they told the politicians.