The right to choose the place of enthronement is neither government’s nor parliament’s nor the Defence and Security Committee’s competency. It’s only the right of the ones who are performing it – Metropolitan and the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, said Prime Minister, Zdravko Krivokapic.
When asked about the statement of the President of the parliamentary Defence and Security Committee, Milan Knezevic, who had told the press that the Committee was going to decide whether the ceremony would take place in Podgorica or Cetinje in the coming days, adding that not only the PM and the President of the country should decide on it, Mr Krivokapic said:
“I’m surprised to learn that someone can change the place, but it should be checked.”
According to him, church officials know very well that the Cetinje monastery is Metropolitan’s seat.
“Why would someone go to Podgorica? If he goes to Podgorica, maybe tomorrow he should leave Montenegro.”
PM Krivokapic also adds that the fuss over Joanikije’s enthronement has displayed undesirable tendencies.
