The Council for Civil Control of Police Work announced that it was determined that the statements that the road to the Ostrog Monastery was closed and blocked today were not true.
The Council announced that they had checked the actions of the police on the road towards the Ostrog monastery.
"Taking into account the great popular respect for Saint Vasli Ostroška, the Council was informed that the police are carrying out preventive activities in order to comply with the latest measures of the National Coordinating Body (NCT) regarding religious buildings and religious ceremonies. The Council was informed that the Department of Security (OB ) Danilovgrad organized a special conversation with the brotherhood of the monastery and a joint partnership approach was agreed so that everyone in their area of responsibility - the police, the orderly service of the monastery and the communal police - would persist in respecting the prescribed measures. measures, methods of entry/exit and stay in the monasteries and the space in front of them," the Council's press release points out.
They added that there are no crowds for now, but they are expected.
"In order for the orderly service of the monastery and the police to control the situation, it is safer that a significant gathering, while respecting the distance, is formed on the road rather than in front of the religious buildings themselves. Police officers do not undertake anything independently and on their own, but are in constant and full coordination with by the monastery orderly service and the communal police of the municipality of Danilovgrad. On the basis of this cooperation and agreement, the citizens approach successively - as soon as a number of believers leave the premises of the monastery, others are allowed to enter and give gifts," said the Council.
The Council appeals to the communal police and the monastery orderly service to present better quality presentations and explain the agreement reached and the way of arrival and stay in the Ostrog monastery to those present and believers who intend to enter, in order to reduce the risks of infectious diseases and prevent violations of regulations and enable a peaceful and joyful stay in the temples .
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