Prime Minister Duško Marković said to the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Amfilohije Radović, that the fact that there are no any valid planning documents for the top of Rumija means that no construction or any kind of intervention can take place there. He added that the way Amfilohije divides Montenegro and thus ruins the foundations and sense of Montenegrin cultural, multi-ethnic and religious coexistence scares him more than that tin object on Rumija.
“Although I thought that the conversation between the Prime Minister and the Metropolitan might take different format, I have to tell You that I am glad that you made the letter you addressed to the President of the Government of Montenegro available to public. That way, people will be able to see how Your arguments for defending the illegal construction on Rumija actually work against you. You said yourself “there is no any legal document” and that means that any kind of construction can take place in this place, not even a “little church” on Rumija, as you qualify it”, reads the letter of Marković addressed to Amfilohije Radović.
Marković invited Amfilohije to believe that illegal construction on Rumija will obey the law in its entirety.
Marković pointed out another important aspect of the whole situation.
“You are constantly DIVIDING instead of SUMMING. You are not showing your interest in uniting Orthodox world in Montenegro. This time, You gave yourself freedom to divide Albanians on suitable and unsuitable, those whoa re welcome on Rumija and those who are not. Do not do that, Metropolitan! Do not touch the most precious of Montenegrin values. That scares me more than the existence of that tin facility you call church. As I already said, it will remain where it is if the law agrees. If there are no lawful grounds it will not!”, says Marković in his letter.
Prime Minister reminded Amfilohije that he asked him several times to look for the solutions for every open question with joint forces.
“I will do this once again, believing that, thanks to wisdom, patience and acceptance of reality, we can contribute to orthodox and overall cohesion in our only homeland”,reads Marković’s letter.
