The President of the People's Party, Vuk Jeremić, said last night that if the Law on Freedom of Religion "passes" in Montenegro, which threatens the Serbian Orthodox Church, the same will soon be repeated in Kosovo and Metohija.
"If the state of Serbia remains passive regarding the events in Montenegro, the authorities in Pristina will follow the same path as those in Podgorica, even before the possible signing of the agreement on 'demarcation', by which Serbia would permanently renounce Kosovo and Metohija," said Jeremić. at the Svetosava tribune "Freedom and Identity: Montenegro and Serbia", held in the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad.
Jeremić stated that the events in Montenegro are very dangerous for the preservation of Serbian identity not only in Montenegro, but also in the entire region.
The president of the People's Party stated that the presidents of Serbia and Montenegro, Aleksandar Vučić and Milo Đukanović, are "accomplices" who have a common interest - a close partnership in organized crime in the Balkans and beyond, as well as a common enemy - the Metropolitan of the Montenegrin-Lithuanian Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). Amphilochius, who proved to be very influential.
"The Serbian authorities did nothing at all to improve the position of the Serbian Church and prevent the passing of the disputed law on the international level, and they could have done so very easily. In this situation, Vučić could have reached all the influential leaders in the world, including the president, within seven days Donald Trump's USA, and he didn't even try to do that. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not send any dispatches or instructions to the Serbian embassies on how to act in the host countries on this issue," said Jeremić, who is also a former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He pointed out that the conspicuous silence of Belgrade is an obvious proof that the regimes in Serbia and Montenegro are jointly behind the adoption of the Law on Freedom of Religion and the events in the neighboring country.
Jeremić added that the Montenegrin government presents to international interlocutors, as in the case of the so-called coup d'état, that Russia is behind the latest events with the aim of "ripping Montenegro out of NATO", but that nothing could be further from the truth.
Assistant professor at the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade, Vukašin Milićević, said that the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral will not give up on the protests in Montenegro and that they will remain peaceful.
"Any other form of protest would compromise what we are fighting for. It is not Christian to behave violently, and it has also been shown that peaceful protests are the most effective, because if there had been incidents, they would have been quickly suppressed. Yesterday, on the streets of cities in Montenegro, there were "200.000 people, and 40.000 in Podgorica. It's like when between 300.000 and 400.000 people took to the streets in Belgrade," Milićević said.
Milićević called for a dialogue in Montenegro, because "there is an ongoing crisis that shakes the foundations of society", and added that the solution could be the withdrawal of the controversial law and a public debate, which did not exist before the adoption of that act.
Musician Vlado Georgiev said that there is an atmosphere in Montenegro in which "everything Serbian is pushed aside", and he called Vučić and Đukanović "bandits and communists".
"It is clear to the people who rose up against the monstrous law that they are left to themselves and the church and that they have no support from Vučić and his gang, just as the church quickly saw through the inserted professional Serbs from the Democratic Front, who serve Serbs as needed when the boss winks at them from Serbia. Only the strength and will of the people will resolve this situation in our favor," said Georgiev.
Analyst Cvijetin Milivojević said that Đukanović did not expect "such a massive response" from Montenegrin citizens, and added that Vučić, as Prime Minister of Serbia, directly intervened on the side of DPS and helped Đukanović on the day of the parliamentary elections in Montenegro.
"During the election day, Vučić accused 'some citizens of Russia and Serbia of carrying out a coup d'état'. This decided the election and helped Đukanović's DPS make up for the difference in votes. Then it became clear that the leadership of Serbia had chosen a side," Milivojević said. .
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