Another attempt to inform the members of the "Radosav Ljumović" Library Council about the warnings of the authorities has failed.

The Council of the National Library "Radosav Ljumović" has not yet been informed of the order of the Secretariat for Culture of the Capital City to immediately and without delay suspend all activities related to the change of the name of the institution, nor of the warning that otherwise it will "take more rigorous measures within the framework of the already initiated administrative supervision".

This was confirmed to "Vijesti" by the Council President Gorica Vukićević.

According to her, the member of the Council representing the interests of employees, Nataša Selmanović, informed her immediately before the scheduled session that she could not attend.

"...While the remaining three members of the Council - Emilo Labudović, Novica Đurić and Bećir Vuković - refused to take over the materials for the session delivered by an authorized person from the library," said Vukićević, specifying that those three members had not officially informed her that they would not be attending.

She emphasized that she would "continue to do her job according to the law."

The Council of the National Library “Radosav Ljumović” in Podgorica made a decision at the end of February 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, while Selmanović was not at the meeting.

Đurić proposed the name change, explaining that Marko Miljanov's contribution "to national identity, culture and literature provides full justification for one of the most important cultural institutions in the Capital to bear his name."

In mid-summer, when the public learned about the decision, the Ministry of Culture, several councilors, and non-governmental organizations opposed this, pointing out that the Council can propose, but not decide on, changing the name of the Podgorica library.

In July, the competent Secretariat emphasized in a letter to the Council that such a decision 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.