On the occasion of November 26, the day when Ulcinj was liberated from the fascists in the Second World War in 1944, representatives of the Association of Fighters and Anti-Fascists of Ulcinj and the Association of Fighters and Anti-Fascists of Montenegro will today lay wreaths of fallen soldiers at the "Freedom" monument on Pinješ, above Pristan. fighters and victims of the occupiers and their helpers.
It was announced that the president of the Ulcinj Association will address the audience Ivo Bevenja and vice president of the Association Stevan Radunovic and that an appropriate cultural and artistic program will be arranged.
The organizers said that in case of bad weather, the program will be held in the large hall of the SO, while the wreaths will be laid after the meeting.
For more than two and a half decades, Ulcinj has not celebrated November 26 as the Day of the Municipality, by the decision of the then convocation of the Municipal Council. On the initiative of the president of the Democratic Union in Montenegro Mehmet Bardhi, which had the majority in the parliament, the councilors set the first Saturday in April as the Municipal Day, which symbolizes the departure of sailors to the ships, the end of the olive harvest and the beginning of the season.
"That date was imposed on us by the communist government because we are the majority Albanian population in the city. There were no occupiers in Ulcinj on November 26, 1944, so there could not have been any liberation," Bardhi, who was a deputy and president of the municipality, told "News" earlier.
But the fighters and anti-fascists of Ulcinj are persistent in their intention to tear that date from oblivion.
"We fighters and anti-fascists are not interested in the first Saturday of April. We are interested in why we are the only city in Montenegro that does not celebrate the day of liberation in the Second World War as a Municipal Day", the then vice-president of SUBNOR from Ulcinj, now deceased, told "Vijesta" after the formal academy in 2018. Milan Klikovac.
Five years ago, the then President of the Municipality also attended the ceremonial academy Ljoro Nrekic. He personally congratulated the fighters and anti-fascists, donated money for expenses and promised further help in the work of the organization.
The fighters and anti-fascists of Ulcinj held the last ceremonial Academy on the occasion of the day of liberation in 2019, only to be postponed for the next three years due to the corona virus.
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