Teacher of Podgorica Gymnasium "Slobodan Škerović", R.Č. should be punished for sexual harassment, it was said from tonight's protest in front of that school.
The protest also demanded that he be banned from working in educational institutions.
The gathered, several hundred of them, demand that the director of the High School, Biljana Vučurović, also resigns.
One of the goals of the protest is to revoke the work license of the professor of the "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium in Podgorica, R.Č., announced today Kosta Mijušković, one of the organizers of the protest due to the sexual harassment of a former student of the gymnasium.
"The whole case should be investigated by the authorities," Mijušković told reporters at a gathering in front of the gymnasium.
During the protest, the director of the "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium, Biljana Vučurović, addressed the demonstrators and said that she wanted to support them, to which they replied that they did not want that.
In addition to the director, her husband, politician Jovan Vučurović, addressed those gathered in front of the Gymnasium and said that "if there are any problems, he will solve them".
Mijušković said that he saw the reaction of the politician Vučurović as a threat.
"He called a man a scoundrel. We cannot support the director. We know that she did not do everything in her power," he said.
He emphasized that the protest was not cancelled, and asked those present to behave appropriately.
Mijušković said that he will react to "threats of Jovan Vučurović by legal means". He reminded that this protest is not of a political nature.
Addressing the crowd, Mijušković said that every tenth woman reports violence.
"Report. We are here for you," shouted Mijušković.
He played a message from a former SV student who said that "she is contacting us because she is not able to be in Montenegro at the moment".
"... This is a voice on behalf of every girl who complained to her father about harassment and was told not to exaggerate...", she said.
Vujisić said that "this is the voice of every woman who has been told they don't trust her."
"One day, a few years ago, I was a girl who created... That's when the need for change and to help all the women of this world was born... If only someone had told me that this desire for change would be expressed , I would probably cry from happiness," Vujisić said.
Mijušković thanked SV for speaking out publicly and thus protecting other girls.
"A professor, as they say in an elite high school, who transmits knowledge and values... Our girls and boys are wonderful young people who know what truth and justice are," he said, adding that Vujisic showed that "truth and courage have no corrections.. .".
Mijušković said that the school is not a place for sexual predators, but for students to learn the basic virtues of life.
"We are organizing this protest to prevent violence against women, and to send a message that the next time a woman is killed, a girl is mistreated, raped and abused, we will all come out...", emphasized Mijušković. He said that a community reveals its true power when we respect everyone in it.
According to him, the demands of this protest are to investigate the suspicions of professor R.Č. for pedophilia in Podgorica and Bijelo Polje".
"That he be banned from working in educational institutions," he said.
He said that Vučurović ran away from responsibility and broke the law.
"Her duty was to immediately report the abuser to the police and the prosecutor's office... and not to play God. She had to immediately investigate whether any of the students were going through the same thing," Mijušković emphasized.
It requires the MPNI to inform all schools that they are obliged to ask the Ministry of Justice for all newly hired workers that they are not on the register of perpetrators of crimes against sexual freedom.
The gathered chanted "Get out Jole" and "Resignation" several times.
The organizer of the protest said that the protest was not paid for or politically supported, but that "friends and family" were behind it.
Several hundred citizens are at the protest.
The gathered people came with banners that read "Spajke, you can do it better", "You are not alone", "Sexual harassment is not a pun", "NO means NO!", "Professors, sit down"...
Earlier today, the crowd blocked the Bulevar Vaka Đurović
Mijušković said that he is grateful to the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MPNI).
"As we stated, there are basic doubts that he seduced a student. We are not attacking anyone's personality, but we just want responsibility from the Gymnasium as an institution," said Mijušković.
He said that the director of the "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium, Biljana Vučurović, should reconsider her actions, and added that she would continue the protests if R.Č. not be replaced.
"We will plan to collect the confessions we received and forward them to the authorities. I think there is support in society for such cases. We will request that the MPNI and the Ministry of Health examine all teachers in all schools to see if they are mentally fit to be teachers, given that applauded the principal who tried to put the blame on the student," Mijušković said.
He said that "he is sure that there are over 50 cases that, if they do not receive support, will report violence".
Some activists claim that there were no students of the "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium at today's gathering or blockade of the boulevard, because if they did, they would, they say, be considered enemies of that school and its director, Biljana Vučurović.
A protest due to the sexual harassment of a former student of the "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium will be held today in front of that institution.
The organizers said that the gathering is an expression of their collective disagreement with unacceptable behavior in educational institutions and dissatisfaction that cases of sexual abuse, harassment and violence are covered up and mildly punished.
"As a society, we have a moral and ethical responsibility to fight for the safety, dignity and rights of all our students as well as citizens," they stated.
As they added, the protest is also a call to the responsibility of the pedagogical profession and everyone who participates in shaping and maintaining the education system.
On Thursday, the Educational Inspection proposed the dismissal of Biljana Vučurović, the director of the "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium in Podgorica, from that position.
After that, the organizers of the protest thanked the Ministry of Education, Science, Innovation and Justice and the line minister Anđela Jakšič Stojanović, the Ministry of Justice, the non-governmental organizations Prima and Parents, who showed that they will be on the side of the law and not on the side of political games.
The organizers invited all citizens to the protest, saying that it is only the beginning, because it is only a struggle in which we will go to the end.
"We will provide support and we want every case of violence to be reported. Our messages and intentions are the same, schools must be a safe place for everyone. Stop sexual harassment and violence. Let's normalize the fall of unscrupulous educators and officials and that they never return to their positions." said the organizers.
The protest will be held at 17:15 p.m. in the park in front of the "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium.
Minister of Education, Science and Innovation Anđela Jakšić-Stojanović announced at a press conference last night that the educational inspection proposed the dismissal of the director of the Podgorica "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium Biljana Vučurović from that position.
Jakšić-Stojanović requested the submission of documentation related to the case of sexual harassment of a student from professor R.Č.
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