Bečanović and Jelušić reacted: Đeljošaj's procedure was aggressive and unacceptable

The President of the Council for the Development of the Dictionary of the Montenegrin Literary and Vernacular Language, Tatjana Bečanović, and Council Member Božena Jelušić believe that the action of MP Nik Đeljošaj, who "recycled" several pages of the Dictionary in the Assembly, aggressive and unacceptable. Đeljošaj earlier today in the parliament, at a press conference, as he said - on behalf of the Albanian people, "recycled" several pages of the Dictionary, because he believes that its content offends Albanians on national and religious grounds. Bečanović said in a statement to Anten M that such Đeljošaj's move was aggressive, and that it was not done in the name of the Albanian people. "Mr. Đeljošaj's performance is very aggressive. For now, the aggression is directed only at the book, that is, the Dictionary. I'm not used to such an attitude towards the book. "I don't know if recycling is planned only for Rječnik and if it will stop there, or if it will eventually 'recycle' these disobedient members of the Council," said Bečanović.

She said that the Dictionary should be "read a little more carefully and interpreted with less evil intent". "Regarding the withdrawal of the Dictionary, I really do not see enough reason in these criticisms to do so. I believe that Rječnik is too important for Montenegrin culture to withdraw under the pressure of one political party, which is behind all those attacks on Rječnik, and that process that became a chase. If there were omissions, they were not intentional, and this has been repeated 100 times already," said Bečanović. According to her, the fiercest critics did not even open the dictionary. Bečanović repeated that she was amazed, as she said, by the uncivilized behavior of MP Đeljošaj. "That act of recycling the Dictionary speaks volumes about him. He did it in his own name and in the name of his political masters, and let him see who they are, and it is certainly not the Albanian people. I reject that the Albanian people are prone to such aggressiveness and such uncultivated behavior," Bečanović assessed. Jelušić repeated for Antena M that she accepts that Rječnik should be withdrawn, and emphasized that the action of Đeljošaj is inadmissible. "I consider the process of recycling Rječnik unacceptable, aggressive and excessive. CANU did not do any anti-Montenegro work with its Dictionary, but it did make serious mistakes. The omissions consist in the fact that a valid review from all angles was not done. I personally supported the withdrawal of the Dictionary from use and giving it to expert teams for review, because it is a national project," said Jelušić. CANU, as she stated, behaved in such a way that it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness for life. "But she really made a mistake about the elementary postulates of scientific work, to the extent that a comprehensive and credible review was not done," added Jelušić. She assessed that the existing Dictionary is a great working material for multidisciplinary teams that will carry out its comprehensive review and offer Montenegro what it needed. "I believe that the desire of CANU, when creating this Dictionary, was greater than its objective technical and all other possibilities, and that the errors that appeared deserved that Dictionary to be withdrawn from use. Those 500 copies should be given to people who will professionally and professionally read and correct it and create a national project of general importance," said Jelušić. According to her, it is repeated that people from one and the other side stick too hard to their positions. "They are literally staring at Montenegro and its national being, the social capital of this nation, and they do not want to reach an agreement in any way," said Jelušić.