SNP: Unification with Serbia in 1918 an expression of the people's will, not a violent annexation

"With this amendment, we want to precisely and historically accurately express the essence of the events of 1918 - that it was not about annexation, but about unification that emerged from the will of the people and the aspiration for unity," said the SNP deputies.

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Kaluđerović and Božović, Photo: SNP
Kaluđerović and Božović, Photo: SNP
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Socialist People's Party (SNP) MPs Bogdan Božović and Slađana Kaluđerović submitted an amendment to the Proposal for Amendments to the Law on the Status of Descendants of the Petrović Njegoš Dynasty to specify, as they stated, that 1918 was not an annexation, but rather the unification of Montenegro and Serbia resulting from the will of the people.

Božović and Kaluđerović said that they proposed with the amendment that in Article 1 of the Bill, the words "forcible annexation of the state" be replaced with the words "unification of Montenegro and Serbia".

"With this amendment, we want to precisely and historically accurately express the essence of the events of 1918 - that it was not about annexation, but about unification that emerged from the will of the people and the aspiration for unity," the statement says.

According to Božović and Kaluđerović, the unification of Montenegro and Serbia was a complex, but deeply justified historical process, founded on the centuries-old struggle for freedom and unity of the South Slavic peoples.

"It was a moment in which the multi-generational aspirations of the people of Montenegro to share common statehood with Serbia, with which we are bound by common roots, religion, language and tradition, were realized," the statement said.

As Božović and Kaluđerović said, numerous historical documents and agreements on military and political cooperation between Montenegro and Serbia testify that the idea of ​​unification was a natural outcome of the historical path of the two brotherly peoples.

They, as announced by the SNP, said that they therefore believe it is necessary for legal texts to be free from ideologically colored formulations.

"Our goal is for the truth about 1918 to be presented with dignity, in the spirit of historical truth and national unity. The unification of Montenegro and Serbia was not an act of coercion, but an expression of the libertarian will of the people who then, as throughout the centuries, aspired to a common future in peace, brotherhood and freedom," the statement says.

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