Joaniki’s statement was maliciously transmitted and the church accepted the amendments to the law as a compromise measure.

The Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Litoral (MCP) reacted to the statement of Bishop Joaniki of Budva and Niksic and the administrator of the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Litoral Joaniki, who said that if the amendments to the Law on Religious Freedom are accepted, the MCP will enter the Montenegrin legal system. .

“Some media presented the statement of the Bishop of Budva-Niksic, Ioaniki, inaccurately and maliciously, so that the public can conclude on the basis of that information that he said that the Serbian Orthodox Church made changes to the law, which is not true, “said the reaction.

They add that Bishop Joanikije clearly stated that the Church, in other circumstances, would demand that this discriminatory law be totally abolished, but that, as the Orthodox Church asked the previous government only those changes that would prevent its discrimination, it did not. these authorities did not ask for anything more.

In addition, he clearly said that the change process was observed “from afar” and that the lawyers were left to do their job. For this reason, the competent state bodies presented the proposed changes to the Church, as well as to other religious communities, and to Church attorneys. It considered and concluded that the changes were made in a good way, given all the circumstances ”, explained the Metropolitan.

They point out that the Church, as a compromise measure and not as an ideal solution, has accepted the changes instead of drafting a new law.

“It was not unknown what the Church, even before the previous government, presented as minimum requirements: the recognition of the existing legal subjectivity and the abandonment of the illegal attempt at a new nationalization of ecclesiastical property. It is provided by these changes, thanks to God, “the reaction concluded.

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