Milatović's Cabinet: Attacks on the civilian sector show that some parts of the government are operating in the same way as the former regime

Citizens are not anyone's property, neither parties nor high-ranking state officials, the Office of the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, announced today.

The statement added that when Milatović took office, he promised the citizens that Montenegro would be a cultural, European state, a country where people work and build, and where free speech would not be restricted.

"It is a promise and a vow. That is why it is disappointing that instead of reforms, progress and work in the interests of citizens, we are once again returning the media space and the public to arguments, targeting, and everything that is illegal and unacceptable in developed and successful countries. This is an old, well-known matrix that has held us captive for too long and has brought nothing good to citizens, except insecurity, fear and hatred," said Milatović's cabinet.

The statement states that attacks on the civilian sector in particular show that some parts of the government are operating in the same way as the former regime and indicate how far they are from the European path.

"We remind you - non-governmental organizations are not enemies, but a pillar of democracy and the voice of citizens. They have the right and obligation to criticize the government, because that is precisely their mission in a democratic society. Furthermore: anyone who thinks and even publicly announces that citizens belong to parties and that their votes are their property is deeply mistaken," said Milatović's office.

They said that citizens in Montenegro are free and make decisions independently and independently, and not based on orders from the party leadership.

"When someone believes that they own other people's votes, it is no wonder that they launch a barrage of insults at anyone who thinks differently and who dares to oppose them. The President's message is clear: Montenegro will not be a country where freedom is stifled by fear, but a state of free, hard-working and successful citizens. We promised them that, they have the right to that, and we will never deny them that," reads a statement from Milatović's cabinet.