Representatives of the Association of Veterans of the Nineties Wars and the St. Michael's Choir called on Defense Minister Dragan Krapović to implement the decision of the Ministry of Culture and remove the memorial plaque in Morinje, which states that there was a camp there where Croatian prisoners were held during the Greater Serbian aggression against Croatia.
The protest in Morinj was attended by the leader of the Democratic People's Party, Milan Knežević, and those gathered said that they had come to defend the laws and dignity of the people and the state.
President of the Veterans Association Radan Nikolić said that "instead of the Government of Montenegro defending what is according to the Constitution and laws of Montenegro, today we are doing it here."
The president of the St. Michael's Choir, Zdravko Nišavić, said that they are calling on Krapović to order the gates to be opened to the army and allow inspection services to finally implement the Ministry of Culture's decision:
"Because we remember his words that he has nothing against this sign being removed," said Nišavić.
Three years ago, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman, along with then-Montenegrin Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ranko Krivokapić and Raško Konjević, attended the unveiling of a memorial plaque, which states that there was a camp at that location, where Croatian prisoners were held during the "Greater Serbian aggression against Croatia".
Some citizens strongly opposed this both then and now.
"We do not see that Raško Konjević and Ranko Krivokapić have been brought to justice for the illegal installation of the monument, that is, the plaque of shame, and one of them has even been awarded a position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If nothing else, this fact alone speaks of selective enforcement of the law," said Nišavić.
"No aggression, as stated on the lie plaque, could have happened because Croatia was not internationally recognized at that time, and the only official army was the Yugoslav People's Army. Those who erected this plaque and their policies sent the JNA to defend Yugoslav territory in '91. Every letter on this plaque is a pure lie and fabrication," said Serbian Orthodox Church priest Mijajlo Backović.
Since the plaque was placed outside the procedure stipulated by the Law on Memorials, i.e. without a decision from the Government and the consent of the Municipality of Kotor, the inspection issued a decision to remove it and obliged the Municipality to implement it.
The decision was not implemented, but the vice president of the municipality, Siniša Kovačević, supported today's protest in a letter.
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