Fans of the Sutjeska football club, "Vojvode", issued a statement following the events in Nikšić during the club's Assembly session.
A new president of Sutjeska and the Board of Directors (BOD) were to be elected in Nikšić yesterday, but the club's fans gathered in front of the stadium, who were against Rašković's dismissal.
In the meantime, Boris Rašković resigned as club president.
We are publishing the Duke's statement, which was posted on their Facebook page, in its entirety:
"Regarding yesterday's events surrounding the assembly of the Sutjeska football club, and the telling of lies and attempts to desecrate the name of our group, we feel the need to speak out.
After decades of poor management of the club and interference of politics in it, without any plan or vision of how the club should function in the future, Boris Rašković came to the helm of the club a little over half a year ago. At a time when Sutjeska was in 7/8th place in the table, and when no one from the Municipality had the courage to accept that. He presented a clear plan and program for how he thought Sutjeska should function in the next four years and promised us that he would be the first to step down if there was no progress regarding the situation in the club. A plan for the youth school and work with the younger categories, which at that moment were in a catastrophic state. He publicly said that nothing was expected this season because at that moment the second-placed team had some 10-15 points more than us. And the only condition was that politics should not interfere with his management of the club.
By chance, the Petrovac team does not get a license and we, as the third-placed team, go to the qualifications for the Conference League. Suddenly, after the elections and entering Europe, we learn from the newspapers that the entire Board of Directors and the club president are being changed. Suddenly, the current president is no good, and the Municipality has a plan to appoint a man who has nothing to do with football and who just happens to be politically active as the head of the club. After decades of interfering in politics in our club and proving that one thing does not go with the other, our position is clear, politicians should not run our club. No matter which government comes to the head of the club, they stay for exactly the duration of one political mandate and we start from scratch again. Without any vision, plan and without any progress.
And to you "gentlemen" politicians, and to all the others who can't wait to spit on us on portals and social networks, and to wash your dirty mouths with us because you know that we cannot be bought by anyone, as far as our club is concerned, we have the following to say.
For us, this club is sacred, we have dedicated our lives to it, as did our grandfathers and fathers, as will our children tomorrow. We are the ones who cheer and support our club for 90 minutes in the worst weather conditions, we are the ones who drive every other week on the worst transport for 2/3 hours one way to support that club for 90 minutes. We are the ones who have been in prison for this club. We are the only ones who have not given up on this club, no matter what position it was in the table! We have been fighting for that club our whole lives, both in the stands and on the street. And because of all these things, we demand that our position be respected. And this is not the position of an individual or a small group, this is the position of hundreds and thousands of Sutjeska fans who wish this club well. And we are the only ones who do not live from this club, but live for it.
And the fact that your shallow brains cannot understand that we came together because of love for the club, and the fight for a better tomorrow for that club, that is your problem. You who didn't know where the stadium was until yesterday, want to teach us how the club should be run. No one can buy us and that hurts you the most, tomorrow you will disappear and again you won't know where the stadium is.
We will fight for our demands and we will not give up until the very end.
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE FOR US, YOU ARE THE BEST FOR US!
"Vojvode 1988 Nikšić," the statement from Vojvode reads.
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