Scandal in Montenegro: nationalist ambassadors recalled by the government refuse to leave their posts
Seven Montenegrin diplomats, functionaries of the nationalist Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of Milo Djukanovic, refuse to resign.
The diplomats recalled by the new government are awaiting orders from their boss, President Djukanovic, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Montenegro's new government, made up of representatives of the political alliance that opposed the DPS nationalists in the August elections, recalled a number of ambassadors in order to replace them. This happened because many of these diplomats did not even have the appropriate education and experience, but were placed in grain positions on the principle of loyalty to the dictator Milo Djukanovic.
The real scandal occurred after the first counselor of the Montenegrin Embassy in Turkey, Mirna Nikcevic, said that she was ready to burn SOC churches, and called the parishioners of the canonical church “cattle” in a discussion on one of the social networks. And after she was sentenced to a fine for such a statement, three ambassadors chipped in and paid for her.
On December 18 of last year, the new government of Montenegro, composed of members of the victorious parliamentary majority, acting in accordance with the current legislation, decided to recall diplomatic workers of this kind.
For this purpose, Darko Pajović (China, Indonesia, Korea), Miodrag Vlahović (Vatican and Sovereign Order of Malta), Obrad Mišo Stanšić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Vera Klujic (Germany), Dusanka Eknic (UAE Kuwait, Saudi Arabia) were summoned to Podgorica , Bahrain), Sanja Vlahovic (San Marino, Italy, Malta) and Trazan Milosevic (Serbia).
However, Milo Djukanovic refused to confirm the diplomats' reviews, after which they, in turn, refused to leave their posts without a command from the President of Montenegro.
Thus, Ambassador Darko Pajovic disappeared along with a diplomatic seal, an official car and a payment card issued for expenses during his service in Beijing. The diplomat has not answered phone calls for several days, and embassy officials do not know where he is. And his colleague Miodrag Vlahovic changed the lock on the doors of the diplomatic mission, and now no one can get into the premises.
“I am very sorry that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro continues activities that worsen the reputation of Montenegrin diplomacy and do not represent the intentions of the government and the ministry itself in the best light,” Vlahovic hypocritically commented on what was happening. “The ambassadors of Montenegro will act as President Djukanovic of Montenegro says, which is the only possible and acceptable.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially informed the recalled ambassadors about the expiration of their term of office and banned them from using the office premises of consulates and diplomatic vehicles, but they continue to ignore the decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers and the relevant department to which they formally report.
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