No quorum for the meeting of the Council of the National Bank "Radosav Ljumović"

The Council of the National Library "Radosav Ljumović" was not informed of the warning from the Secretariat for Culture today, because there was no quorum to hold the session.

This was confirmed to "Vijesti" by the President of the Council, Gorica Vukićević, stating that in addition to her, the employee representative Nataša Selmanović also arrived at the scheduled time.

Vukićević explained that the other members - Novica Đurić, Emilo Labudović and Bećir Vuković - explained their absence by previously undertaken obligations.

The President of the Council also said that she had asked the Legal Service of the institution to prepare a legal position regarding Đurić's initiative to change the name of the library to "Marko Miljanov Popović".

"Vijesti" reported today that the Secretariat for Culture of the Capital City has ordered the Council of the "Radosav Ljumović" National Library to immediately and without delay suspend all activities related to changing the name of the institution, threatening that otherwise it will "take more rigorous measures within the framework of the already initiated administrative supervision".

The Secretariat is of the opinion that the Council's decision to change the name to the "Marko Miljanov Popović" Library is legally null and void and has no legal effect, given that "by adopting this act, the Council usurped the exclusive jurisdiction of the Capital City of Podgorica", which is the only one competent to adopt and amend the founding act which, among other things, determines the name and seat of the institution.

The Secretariat also warned that any decision-making by any entity, outside the procedures prescribed by the Law on Memorials, "represents a gross violation of imperative regulations and entails criminal liability."

At the end of February, the Council decided to change the name of the institution to the "Marko Miljanov Popović" Library. Three members of the Council voted in favor of the change - Đurić, Labudović and Vuković, Vukićević abstained, and a member from among the employees was justifiably absent.

In a statement to "Vijesti", Vukićević emphasized that, despite the fact that the Council supported the initiative to change the name of the institution by a majority vote at the end of February, she has not yet signed the decision.

"Although we have been reading reactions in the media regarding this decision in recent days, the Council has so far only received the position of the Secretariat for Culture. We have not officially received the positions of the expert services of the President of the Capital City Assembly, nor of the Ministry of Culture," said Vukićević.