The continuation of repression, arbitrariness and illegal treatment of the Independent Police Union of Montenegro did not have to wait long, the Independent Police Union announced today.
"Only three days after we together with the Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro held a press conference where we pointed out a series of anti-union activities undertaken by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Filip Adžić) and his associates against the Independent Union of Police of Montenegro, such unacceptable behavior continued. Namely, three days after the mentioned conference, which was held on 24.3.2023/2022/XNUMX, the president of the Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and also the head of the Cabinet of Minister Adžić, Kristina Đukanović, sends a request to the Police Directorate that the organizational units provide it with lists of police officers who in October XNUMX were present at the protest in front of the Government of Montenegro building, all with the aim of making a decision as to whether they violated the Code of Police Ethics by their presence," states the statement of the Independent Police Union signed by President Igor Rmandić.
The announcement adds that the Independent Police Union is asking "several very logical questions":
In whose interest, on whose orders and why does Mrs. Đukanović not give up the pressure on the Independent Police Union of Montenegro, its leadership and its members? Or does he do it on his own initiative?
Where was Mrs. Đukanović and what was she doing as the president of the Ethics Committee for more than five months since the protest was held, and where did this subsequent wisdom and need to examine the presence of a peaceful protest as something illegal come from?
Does Mrs. Đukanović or her boss, whoever it was, want to tell us that freedom of speech, freedom of opinion and freedom of assembly are not respected in Montenegro?
Do police officers in the 21st century in Montenegro have the right to express their dissatisfaction, to say that their children are hungry, that their salaries are low, that the working conditions are difficult? Or should they ask permission from Mrs. Đukanović or her principal, whoever it was?
Does Mrs. Đukanović or her boss, whoever it was, want to suspend the Constitution and laws of the state of Montenegro and introduce a stronger and more powerful law?
Does Mrs. Đukanović or her boss, whoever it is, want to tell us that Montenegro is not a free country and that basic human rights are not respected there?
Will the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Adžić, hold the President of the Ethics Committee accountable for her five-month silence if she was aware that any violations were committed at the aforementioned protest and did not take any action regarding it?
"Ignorance, vanity and vindictiveness hang over our society like the sword of Damocles and threaten to set us back who knows how many tens of years. Competence, professionalism and experience are becoming less and less valuable, criticism is not an acceptable option regardless of the argumentation. That is, unfortunately , the current state of things in Montenegro. If you are not ready to nod your head unconditionally, you justify everything you are told and you go to others for your own opinion, you are automatically an enemy. O tempora, o mores," reads the announcement of the Independent Police Union.
They said that regardless of the pressures, whatever they may be, the Independent Union of the Police of Montenegro will continue its union struggle for better working and living conditions for every police officer and his family, adding that to this end, they will use all the means provided by the legal framework. of the state of Montenegro.
"We will resolutely, unitedly and dignifiedly resist any form of illegal behavior, no matter who it comes from. We are not interested in functions and names, we only recognize concrete results, respect and loyalty to this honorable profession and to the country of Montenegro, to which we have dedicated our lives," it concludes. in the announcement of the Independent Police Union.
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