Following initiation of the procedure for dismissal of Minister Vladimir Leposavić after his statement on the Srebrenica genocide, the State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights, Ivan Vukićević, addressed the Prime Minister, Zdravko Krivokapić, today, noting that he [Krivokapić] had taken a wrong turn.
Mr Vukićević underlines that he has his own views on Mr Leposavić as a man and minister, as well as on his statement regarding Srebrenica that he [Leposavić] started by saying that he didn’t deny the genocide and that he didn’t have the right to do it.
“In yesterday’s address, you told, among other things, the following: “Dear citizens, please tell if you think, and I, as the PM, will be the first to listen to you…” Dear PM, I first wish to remind you that citizens have already voiced their wishes on 30 August and elected their representatives from the coalitions For the Future of Montenegro, Peace is Our Nation and Black on White, while these blocs elected you as the prime minister and other members of the government on behalf of themselves and citizens. If we know that in accordance with the Constitution of Montenegro, a citizen exercises power 1. directly and 2. through freely elected representatives, it can be easily concluded that the position you ask them to voice can be done either 1) in new elections or 2) through MPs,” Mr Vukićević noted.
According to him, having in mind that the Government of Montenegro was elected by all MPs of the current parliamentary majority, the only acceptable, serious and responsible thing for the PM to do was to first ensure support all MPs of the current parliamentary majority before sending to the parliament the proposal for dismissal of Minister Leposavić or any other minister.
