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The expulsion of Serbian Ambassador Vladimir Bozovic from Montenegro appears to be the latest move made by the delaying regime of Milo Djukanovic, as the Montenegrin Parliament will vote on a new government of Prime Minister-designate Zdravko Krivokapic later this week.
Unfortunately, even without that shameful final act, DPS ‘thirty-year rule was marked by anti-Serbian policy, especially in the last ten years.
The current Montenegrin state was built on it, more precisely, it was built on everything that could be used to divert from Serbia. Hence the problems with dual citizenship, the expulsion of Serbia and all Serbs from schools, the invention of a new alphabet, the barrier of historical facts …
In the end, which may have been a turning point, there was an attempt to seize the property of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), by passing the controversial Law on Religious Freedom, which probably cost Milo Djukanovic’s party the loss of the power.
Thus, the longest-running regime in Europe is coming to an end, at least as regards the parliamentary majority and the government. Three months after the success of the elections, the winning coalition will form a new government by the end of the week, when it will vote for a government of 12 ministers headed by Prime Minister-designate Krivokapic.
Djukanovic remains the president of Montenegro officially until 2022, and the strong impression remains that he and his associates did everything in their power to sever centuries-old fraternal relations with Serbia. In a series of Montenegrin anti-Serbian movements under Djukanovic, “Blic” highlights the five most impressive, which probably contributed the most to the three-decade downfall of the regime.
1. Law of religious freedom
With the passing of this law at the end of last year, an attack on the property of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro is planned, which boomerang back to the outgoing regime.
That law, among other things, provided for the following: religious buildings and land used by religious communities in the territory of Montenegro, which are determined to have been built, that is, obtained from the public revenue of the state or were from state property until December 1, 1918. years, as cultural heritage of Montenegro, are property of the state.
From this controversial article it was clear that the state intended to confiscate the centuries-old property of the Serbian Orthodox Church. For this reason, at the end of last year, processions of several months and kilometers began throughout Montenegro in protest against the law. Litija practically united the opposition in the fight against Djukanovic, which undoubtedly accelerated his defeat in this year’s parliamentary elections.
2. Montenegrin language with two new letters
If the Religious Freedom Law was the final step of the Milo Đukanović regime, then the introduction of the Montenegrin language with two more letters was one of the most impressive first steps on that anti-Serbian path.
Thus, since the 2011/12 school year, the letters žj (ź) and šj (ś) have been taught in Montenegrin schools. Since then, for example, you can pronounce an ax or a pupil “ax (śekira) “and”student (źenica) “, and also, for example,” nowhere “and” elsewhere “can be said instead of” nowhere “and” elsewhere “.
Over time, changes in reading began in Montenegro, so at the end of last year the works of the famous Serbian writers Aleksa Šantić, Desanka Maksimović, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Branko Radičević were “discarded” … Instead the books by Sunčana Škrinjarić, Kemal Coco, Šima Ešić, Hasnija Muratagić-Tune, Nazmija Rahmani, Zuvdija Hodžić… arrived.
3. Without dual citizenship
The Djukanovic government began an anti-Serbian policy in 2008 when it prohibited dual citizenship by law. The adoption of such a restrictive law, which is not characteristic of most EU countries, and much less of the countries of the region, has caused great controversy in public opinion.
That move was interpreted as an attempt to protect Montenegrin identity, to initiate an anti-Serbian policy, but also to keep certain parties in power so that Montenegrin Serbs cannot vote in elections.
4. Revocation of the decision of the Podgorica Assembly.
The Djukanovic regime tried to break the past fraternal with Serbia with retroactive decisions.
Thus, two years ago, the Parliament of Montenegro reversed the decisions of the Podgorica Assembly on the unification of Serbia and Montenegro, a century later.
In this way, Djukanovic’s declaration from Paris was marked from the commemoration of the end of the First World War, where he affirmed that Montenegro was “tragically annexed 100 years ago by Serbia”, which, he said, “dragged him into war” .
5. Recognition of Kosovo and celebration of “Storm”
Since gaining independence in 2006, the Djukanovic regime has tried to prevent Montenegro’s movements in the region, to put it mildly, from favoring Serbia.
Thus, in 2008, Montenegro recognized the independence of Kosovo, although to this day, some member states of the European Union have not done so.
How much the outgoing government cared about good neighborly relations with Pristina was also shown in 2017 when it sent two staff officers to the KFOR mission in Kosovo, causing a storm in the Serbian public.
Similar reactions emerged when Montenegrin military attaché Ivan Masulovic attended the commemoration of the “Storm” in Knin, in which 250,000 Serbs were expelled from Croatia and at least 2,500 died.
In this way, Montenegro practically gave legitimacy to this criminal action. With this act, the Podgorica official ignored not only the suffering of the people in “Storm”, but also the fact that in Montenegro, according to the latest census, almost a third of the population declares itself Serbian.
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