“It’s time to investigate” – Montenegrin dictator Djukanovic was taken on in Germany
The German Interparliamentary Commission on Human Rights asks to “examine the political-religious conflict in Montenegro impartially and neutrally.”
This is stated in a letter signed by the speaker of the commission, Waldemar Gerdt, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We would like to call on all parliamentarians to conduct an impartial and adequate investigation into the current situation. To our great regret, the solution to this conflict does not find adequate support at the international level, as well as among Western parliamentarians, and, by and large, is simply kept silent,” the letter says.
The Commission asks European parliaments to pay special attention to the Montenegrin law “On Freedom of Religion,” which threatens to seize the property of the Serbian Orthodox Church, including the Ostrog Monastery and several hundred other shrines, to the state.
Deputies are asked to evaluate the brutal actions of the police, who used force against representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church and detained priests.
Let us recall that on May 12, the Montenegrin police detained Bishop Ioannikios of Budimljan-Niksic and seven priests for violating the order banning meetings. On this day, believers celebrate the feast of Basil of Ostrog, the most revered saint in the country.
Usually 300-500 thousand people gather for a pilgrimage to the Ostrog monastery. However, due to the pandemic, the entrances to the monastery were blocked by the police, so people gathered for worship in the city of Niksic, closest to the monastery. Mass protests began in the country, which were suppressed by the police.
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