In response to police terror, Montenegro erupted in protests
After yesterday's statement by Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic that he would solve the problem of confrontation in Budva in 15 minutes with the help of police batons, popular protests spread to other cities of the country.
Balkan media reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The confrontation between the police and the people protesting against the regime of Milo Djukanovic took place all afternoon yesterday, last night and continues to this day.
After the townspeople who supported the mayor of Budva, Marko “Bata” Tsarevich, who was removed by the country’s authorities, refused to leave the city administration building, Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic announced that “the state will solve this problem in 15 minutes.” After which the police were ordered to disperse the protesters and clear the city, which they did with batons and tear gas. And they were so zealous that they beat and arrested everyone they came across, including townspeople sitting at tables on the open terraces of establishments, and even burst into the sports center with gas, where children were working out at that time.
In the capital Podgorica, protesters against the arbitrariness of the authorities gathered near the police headquarters, but were also violently dispersed by police who used batons, tear gas and rubber bullets. Members of the Montenegrin parliament from the opposition pro-Serbian and pro-Russian “Democratic Front” Marina Jočić and Milun Zogović were arrested.
In Niksic, clashes occurred almost all night, resulting in injuries not only among the protesters, but also among the police. In Bar, law enforcement officers managed to disperse the crowd quite quickly, since women predominated among those who spoke out against the arbitrariness of the authorities. In Bijelo Polje there was no violent confrontation, the public rally was entirely peaceful, and the police did not provoke those gathered. In Beran, people blocked the intercity highway, but the people were harshly dispersed.
The mayor of Budva, illegally removed by the regime, Marko “Bata” Tsarevich, showed up for work this morning, but the police again did not allow him into the municipal building.
Marko Tsarevich (right) near the Budva administration building.
In response, the mayor announced that he would come to work every day. It also became known that a criminal case had been opened against him. At the same time, the strikebreaker “mayor” Vladimir Bulatovich, who had come to the administration office, threw eggs at the townspeople who had come to the administration, and after he disappeared into the building, they mockingly chanted: “Come out, baby!” The townspeople did not respond to the police's call to disperse.
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