Momcilo Krajisnik’s presence at the “ceremony” for celebrating anniversary of Podgorica Assembly, organized by the Serbian National Council, is likely to inflame tensions in Montenegro and requires prosecution of organizers. These are the statements of members of Coalition for RECOM, Matica Crnogorska and Liberal Party (LP) in relation to the recent ceremony marking the 99th anniversary of Podgorica assembly.
In 1918, the Podgorica assembly or the so-called “Great National Assembly” decided to unite Montenegro with the Kingdom of Serbia. The Serbian National Council was marking the 99th anniversary of that event, hosting the former speaker of the Republika Srpska parliament, Momcilo Krajisnik, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On 27 September 2006, Momcilo Krajisnik was convicted before the Hague Tribunal for the most severe crimes known to humankind. Krajisnik was found guilty of deportation and forced displacement of the Bosniak and Croatian population in several municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was released back in the community in 2013 and now is taking an active role in politics.
The Democratic Front leaders, Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic, attended the ceremony, as well as Serbia ambassador to Montenegro Zoran Bingulac and chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Serbs in the Region Ivan Kostić.
