The Montenegrin authorities announced the threat of the Serbian revolution and withdrawal from NATO
The beginning of February in Montenegro was marked by a new wave of protests by believers of the Serbian Orthodox Church, who oppose the law pushed through by the authorities, allowing the confiscation of monasteries and churches in favor of schismatics controlled by the ruling pro-Western regime - by analogy with Ukraine.
As reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent , large-scale meetings and religious processions of SPC believers took place in the capital, Podgorica, as well as in other cities of Montenegro, the day before.
Despite the opposition of the authorities, social activists also continue to apply graffiti in the form of the Serbian tricolor in crowded places (formally there is no violation of this, since the Montenegrin Constitution defines the tricolor banner as national symbols).
One of the latest incidents took place in Pljevlja, where police came to a sports ground to prevent the Serbian flag from appearing there, which young people were preparing to spray paint on.
Serbian social activists also report attempts at intimidation - police officers without identification badges raided the apartments of activists at night on the eve of planned protests.
Two days before the protest in Podgorica, the police also attempted to arrest one of the organizers of youth demonstrations, Marko Milacic. He was forcibly put into a police car immediately after arriving from Belgrade, where Milacic met with Patriarch Irinej and also spoke at a press conference about the repressions against the Serbs in Montenegro.
The social activist was released after protests from his associates. Security forces held “preventive conversations” with Milacic for several hours.
Meanwhile, representatives of the pro-Western ruling regime no longer hide their irritation at the Serbian protests, which have continued for the second month.
President of the Liberal Party and member of the ruling majority in the parliament of Montenegro, Andrija Popovic, announced an attempt at a pro-Serbian coup. He said this in an interview with the MINA news agency.
Popvich noted the “growth of Great Serbian nationalist sentiments”, which are allegedly inspired by “the SOC and its Montenegrin political satellites led by the Democratic Front, the state leadership of Serbia and Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
Popovich said that the authorities must be firm and not make concessions to the protesters. Otherwise, the deputy argues, Serbia can realize its strategic goal of canceling Montenegro's accession to NATO, which was imposed on the former Yugoslav republic without holding a referendum.
Popović listed the objectives of the Serbian protests:
“First, to ensure an increase in the number of the pro-Serbian electorate and, thereby, its victory in the autumn parliamentary elections, and then to immediately carry out the announced cancellation of decisions on recognition of Kosovo, accession to NATO and the law on freedom of religion,” a representative of the ruling government shared his concerns. majority.
According to him, the plans of the Serbian protesters actually mean “the disappearance of Montenegro from the political scene” and called for a tough rebuff to the “quiet occupation.”
“Which is expressed mainly through illegal religious prayers and litias, which jeopardize public interests and block vital Montenegrin roads and public places for several hours,” Popovic said.
Let us recall that Montenegro separated from Serbia in 2006 under the pretext of “faster integration into the EU”, but has still not received membership in the European Union. In 2017, against the will of the population, Montenegro was included in NATO by the pro-Western ruling elite without a referendum. Now about 30% of the population of this former part of Yugoslavia call themselves ethnic Serbs.
Montenegrin authorities have declared a threat of a Serbian revolution and withdrawal from NATO.