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PODGORICA – The Montenegrin government decided today on the proposed amendments to the controversial Law on Religious Freedom, said the Prime Minister of that country, Zdravko Krivokapić.
“We try to satisfy all parties,” Krivokapic told a press conference, announcing that Justice Minister Vladimir Leposavic would present the changes in more detail tomorrow.
The Government presents the proposed amendments to the law to the Assembly for adoption.
As Vijesti reported last night, the Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights presented the Government with amendments to the Law on Religious Freedom, which propose to eliminate property-related members of religious communities, so the Serbian Orthodox Church organized protests in Montenegro for months.
As indicated, article 19 of the proposed amendments provides for the deletion of articles 61, 62, 63 and 64 of the Law.
“The provisions of these articles, contrary to the Constitution, confirmed and published international treaties and legal norms, stipulating that the State is the owner of religious buildings and land as of December 1, 1918”, reads the explanation of the amendments to the Law to which Vijesti had access.
The explanation of the changes recalls that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in its Report on the dialogue after the follow-up with Montenegro of June 22, 2020, especially analyzed the crisis caused by the approval of the Law on Religious Freedom, noting that the best solution would be to call the question of ownership will be put aside, write “Vijesti” and Tanjug reports.
On December 27, 2019, the Parliament of Montenegro passed the Law on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Legal Status of Religious Communities, which was opposed by the Serbian Orthodox Church, believing that it was taking away its property in Montenegro.
Damjanović vd Director of Police, Vukšić acting director of the ANB
PODGORICA – Vesko Damjanović will be the acting director of the Police Administration of Montenegro, and the acting director of the National Security Agency will be Dejan Vukšić, announced today the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Zdravko Krivokapić.
He said that there are no good solutions among the existing legal possibilities, that is, that they choose “better than worse”, reports “Vijesti”. Krivokapic confirmed to journalists that they were considering temporarily appointing Dragan Blagojevic to that position, but that they withdrew from that proposal.
Before that, the Democratic Front (DF) strongly condemned the possibility of Blagojević being a senior. re. the police chief, given that he led the action to arrest the deputies of that political alliance in the Assembly.
“Considering all the facts, we conclude that the one that endangered the deputies in the Assembly cannot be the future c. re. Director of the Police Administration (Blagojević). Yes, there was such a proposal. We will name him very soon, that will be the most acceptable name for all of us at this time, ”said Krivokapić.
He said that everyone knows that the Police Directorate is “completely monolithic” on the part of the management staff:
“In this way, we want to express the need to call a contest and we have a police director who will do his job professionally and exclusively in the interest of citizens,” said Krivokapic, confirming that former director Veselin Veljovic filed a request for dismissal and the government claimed.
The prime minister also announced that Dejan Vuksic had been appointed acting director of the National Security Agency, Tanjug reports.
His term will last until February 21, after which a contest will be announced.
Milan Knezevic elected Chairman of the Security Committee
PODGORICA – Deputy from the Democratic Front Milan Knezevic was elected president of the Security Committee.
Knezevic was elected chairman of the Parliamentary Security Committee in today’s Assembly session, in which the chairmen of other parliamentary committees were also elected, as well as three vice-chairmen.
Who from Serbia is prohibited from entering Montenegro
PODGORICA – In the last year of his term, the previous government passed a ban on entering Montenegro or expelled 11 Serbian citizens, and Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic previously announced that the government was “absolutely considering” lifting the ban on singer-songwriter Vlado Georgiev and the writer Matija Beckovic.
In addition to Georgijev and Bećković, the entry ban to Montenegro was approved for historians Čedomir Antić, professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade, Dr. Aleksandar Raković, from the Institute of Recent History of Serbia, and Dejan Dejan Mirović , Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Prishtina, Kosovska Mitrovica. .
The ban was also approved for Dr. Zvezdan Terzić, General Secretary of FC Red Star.
In February this year, three musicians from the Belgrade Syndicate were banned from entering, when two were returned from the Dobrakovo crossing and the third was deported to Serbia from Podgorica airport, and they were Fedja Dimović, Blaža Vujović and Boško Ćirković.
At the end of August this year, the then deputy of the Republika Srpska, the now elected mayor of Banja Luka, Draško Stanivuković, was expelled and banned from entry for a year, Tanjug reports.
Finally, the Government of Montenegro expelled the Serbian ambassador, Vladimir Božović, in a technical mandate at the end of November, recalled the Podgorica IN4S portal.
In addition, dozens of measures have been imposed that prohibit the work and stay in Montenegro of priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church, citizens of Serbia, Srpska or some other country.
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