On Friday 15.03.2024. 23 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) sent an appeal to the president of the Democrats, Aleksa Bečić, to influence the councilors of that party in the Assembly of the Capital City to withdraw the proposal to name a street in Podgorica after the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Montenegro and the Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the wars of the XNUMXs. Pavlo Bulatović.
This is stated, among other things, in the announcement of the Action for Human Rights (HRA), in which they said that their NGOs firmly oppose the proposal.
"We believe that publicly honoring Bulatović would mean the glorification of the war crime of Deportation, which Bulatović ordered, that it would cause additional suffering to the families of the victims of that crime, and that such an act would offend all citizens of Montenegro who care about justice. It is unnecessary and to emphasize that this would further encourage divisions in our society and that it would certainly not have a positive impact on good-neighborly relations with the surrounding countries, as well as on European integration. However, the most important thing is to take into account in this context what kind of role models we leave behind future generations, if we want to save Montenegro from new wars, suffering and crimes," it added.
They said that they would organize, as they stated, an adequate protest if this proposal reaches a vote in the Assembly of the Capital City.
The announcement states that in addition to HRA, the signatories of the appeal are:
Spectrum Association
Center for Civic Education (CGO)
Center for Civil Liberties (CEGAS)
Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM)
Center for Investigative Journalism (CIN CG)
Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI)
Center for the Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CRNVO)
Center for Women's and Peace Education ANIMA
Center for Women's Rights (CŽP)
Montenegrin LGBTIQ association Kvir Montenegro
Montenegrin PEN Center
Montenegrin women's lobby
Montenegrin Philological Society
Society of Montenegrin Publishers
ERA - Alliance for equal rights of LGBTI persons in the Western Balkans and in Turkey
Institute for Socio-Political Research Analitico
Media Institute of Montenegro
Juventas
PRIMA
Women's safe house
Association of Disabled Youth of Montenegro (UMHCG)
Association "Strpci - Against Oblivion"
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