PES ordered to remove "exhibition" dedicated to political opponents and critics

The Secretary General of the Parliament of Montenegro, Boban Stanišić, ordered the Europe Now Movement (PES) to remove framed photographs that were placed in front of the premises of the PES parliamentary group, which showed media reports about their political opponents or journalistic critics.

In front of the PES club, photographs of a conversation between the founder of "Vijesti" Željko Ivanović and the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić were displayed, after Vučić's guest appearance on Television Vijesti in 2020, then a recent report from a press conference at which Srđan Perić announced that he had received the support of the DNP and DPS for the election as President of the Capital City Assembly, as well as information from several years ago that the Capital City had allocated apartments to the current European Union member and then Deputy Mayor of Podgorica Boris Mugoša, as well as the other then Deputy Mayor, Časlav Vešović from DPS.

Also featured were photographs of then-Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović and Vučić greeting each other, as well as a photograph of former Prime Minister Dritan Abazović and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, showing Abazović and another person having a drink.

Stanišić told Television Vijesti that the photos were removed because it is not allowed to post any material in the Parliament premises without first following the prescribed procedure.

"In this specific case, no written request was submitted, nor was the posting approved, which is why the photos were removed," said Stanišić.