The Municipal Board of the Socialist People's Party (SNP) Podgorica condemned the fact that some citizens gathered in front of the Monument to the Partisan Fighter on Gorica Hill prevented Podgorica Mayor Saša Mujović from giving a speech.
Mujović was supposed to give a speech on the occasion of the Statehood Day celebration organized by SUBNOR. The crowd booed and booed Mujović, calling him a "fascist".
"We strongly condemn the indecent and shameful behavior of some of the citizens gathered today on Gorica Hill who disrupted the ceremony marking the Statehood Day of Montenegro and prevented the Mayor of Podgorica, Dr. Saša Mujović, from addressing the attendees. The fact that there were opposition officials among those present clearly indicates who is behind the organized insult and sabotage of the state ceremony. We consider the attempts of opposition structures to appropriate the anti-fascist heritage to be completely unacceptable, especially considering that it was during their rule that Montenegro was the scene of over 700 murders, many of which remain unsolved, the actions of the infamous 'black threes' and brutal crackdowns on political dissenters. We recall the brutal murder of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper 'Dan', Duško Jovanović, as well as the liquidation of police inspector Slavoljub Šćekić - acts that bear all the elements of state terrorism. Such people have no moral legitimacy to label anyone a fascist, least of all the mayor. "Mujović, who did not deserve this kind of brutal persecution with any of his gestures," the SNP Podgorica statement said.
They add that they refuse to remain silent "while the historical values of anti-fascism are instrumentalized for cheap political showdowns."
"Public holidays belong to all citizens of Montenegro, not to the opposition that wants to monopolize patriotism while simultaneously ignoring its own crimes from the not-so-distant past," it was announced.
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