After a two-hour search, Berane police inspectors still have not found the monument to Chetnik commander and war criminal Pavle Đurišić in the Đurđevi stupovi monastery.
The warrant for the search of the monastery premises was issued yesterday by the Extra-Trial Chamber of the Basic Court in Berane, which is why Metropolitan Methodius of Budimlje-Niksic of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) came to Berane today and allowed police officers to inspect all the premises.
In addition to the dormitory where the monument to Đurišić was suspected to be located, the inspectors also searched all the rooms on the monastery property, as well as the cemetery on the hill above the monastery.
Although he did not want to make statements after the search, Metropolitan Metodije said in a conversation with reporters that he respects the laws of this country, and that he has no objections to the work of police officers during the search.
Yesterday's decision by the Council to seize the monument came after Judge Dubravka Popović of the Berane Basic Court had already rejected such a request from the prosecution five times.
Berane police inspectors entered the monastery's dormitory at around 12:30 p.m. today and handed Metodije a decision to temporarily seize the monument to Đurišić.
As a reporter from Television Vijesti reported earlier today, there were not a large number of police officers near the monastery.
It all happened after the pre-trial panel of the Basic Court in Berane ordered the temporary seizure of the monument as part of the proceedings against Vujadin Dobrašinović, accused of illegally erecting the memorial, and that decision came after Judge Dubravka Popović rejected the prosecution's request for seizure five times.
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