All 22 thousand women that receive reimbursements for mothers of three or more children should join the protest in front of the Parliament of Montenegro. This is the plea of some 300 women who spent their fourth night in front of the Parliament while the other mothers watch them from their couches. Mothers are protesting because their reimbursements were decreased from 336 to 264 EUR and from 192 to 144 EUR.
“They should come or publicly renounce reimbursements”, said one of the organizers Rosanda Lola Pekovic.
Mothers invited their children to join as well. They also made an appeal to Constitutional Court to determine whether the Law on reimbursements in accordance with the Constitution.
“Constitutional Court must have it say. We want to know they are independent, we want to believe they will help us”, Pekovic said.
They are also asking for resignations in the Government that committed economic violence.
“They say this is a political protest. They should take back the decision on decrease and we will leave”, mothers said.
They reminded the Prime Minister that March 8th is approaching.
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Rajka Vemic Popovic commented on Pride that was held in Podgorica on December 17th.
“Our ministers and Andrija Popovic walked with them. The people see that. They do not have anything to say to us, but to them, they do”, she said, adding that the special focus is on the mothers of Niksic, where the elections will be held on Sunday.
“They have a chance to punish those who torture them”, she said.
“It was such bad weather last night. Some mothers went home due to their health. We could not all fit onto the stage. We walked the Boulevard in the rain”, Zeljka Savkovic said.
