Good morning! Democrats are trying to take over the protests from Miholjski Zbor; officials are going to Belgrade for opinion – some go to Andric’s, some to Kosancic’s Wreath, they are followed by police officials; the Prime Minister’s team uses state funds to form a party; Joanikije does not divide people into Serbs and Montenegrins; Djokovic was taken for a walk through Budva like a bear; Sehovic was elected the new SD leader.
Whose protests are these?
Ever since the officials started taking to the streets, the organizers of these gatherings in the form of the Miholj Brotherhood from Tivat, the loudest of all the militant Orthodox youth organizations in Montenegro, have emerged. Under the guise of humanitarian work, this organization with the flag carried by Dara from Smokovac, was founded by priest Mijajlo Backovic, peacetime veteran of the 63rd parachute brigade. The organization, as well as the related brotherhoods of the Orthodox youth, is a place of gathering and mobilization of young people for such activities. They find inspiration in the Russian organization Sorok Sorokov, which has a similar structure and goals. Members of the Budva branch of the Orthodox Youth Organization, for example, “guarded” the monastery on 5 September in Cetinje. Some of the members of this network are also engaged in a special war on the Internet, and some of them are behind the once popular meme pages on Facebook. But they are also divided by intra-bloc party divisions, so now some of them are on the payroll of the Democratic Front, and make the protests meaningless.
Let’s go back to the Miholjski Zbor – this organization, which is a source of radicalization of young people on the coast, is financed from the collection of voluntary contributions. You can find its boxes for voluntary contributions in Boka in bakeries, shops, banks…
Miholjski Zbor has something against the Democrats, so they were not allowed to speak at the protests, which is why Momo Koprivica organized his protests with the help of the party infrastructure and now available state resources.
This is how the Democrats organized their “Don’t Be Afraid” protests, when they ignored them during the unfortunate “Resist” protests.
A small number of people attended the protests last night. One part carried tricolors and sang to Kosovo, which the Democrats tried to disguise in their part of the protest with Montenegrin flags and the Ode to Joy. Democrats are also begging not to protest in front of embassies, which provokes ridicule from the DF and its supporters.
Going to Belgrade to get opinion
Representatives of all parties of this dysfunctional government, except the Democrats, visited last week Andric’s (Serbian presidency building) and Kosancic’s (patriarchate) Wreath. They were also to some extent presented by Vesna Bratic. Mandic, Knezevic, Abazovic and Jokovic. They went there to explain to the patriarch and the president what they had come up with. Dritan says he was on a private visit. Mandic and Jokovic managed to excuse themselves for my “perfidious attacks” on Novak Djokovic, and for the “cancer of the list of Serbs to be shot”, which I made like any real Montenegrin Ustasha and extremist. Jokovic, as a living reincarnation of Elmer Fudd, now as a new star of Serbian politics, is a guest on Belgrade TVs and feeds cheap stereotypes about Montenegrins from Belgrade comedies. He can hardcy match Mandic, who is doing great on tabloid shows in which Montenegro needs to be smeared with mud as much as possible. He has gained immunity and his conscience is no longer an obstacle for him to shine in front of Pink’s cameras.
At the same time, there were police officers and officials in Belgrade, who were perceived by the opposition public in Montenegro as disloyal to Montenegro, especially after the action on 5 September.
While all of them and Dritan receive VIP treatment in Belgrade, some politicians, such as Ervin Ibrahimovic, are not welcome in Serbia, and they immediately make it clear to them at the border.
Forming Prime Minister’s Party from state funds
In his short analysis, my colleague Miras Dusevic explains in detail how the Christian Democrats became Europe overnight and how they are already abusing state resources to form a political party. You can guess how the ministers went from experts to experts and how they will be deployed after reading this Dusevic’s analysis.
There are no more Jews or Greeks
“There are no more Jews or Greeks; there are no more slaves or freemen; there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3,28). This is what the Apostle Paul said, in the wake of Christ’s help to the Canaanites, thus laying the foundation for Christianity as the universal world religion. What Paul was spreading, Joanikije is now fraudulently narrowing. Using parliamentary messages, he divides and tears apart Montenegro’s social cohesion. He says “there are no more Serbs or Montenegrins” while there is a Serbian flag on every church and while the church itself is called Serbian. For him, there is no difference between Serbs and Montenegrins, because there never was – because we are all Serbs, part of the Serbs with whom they heretically replaced Christ on the altar and on the cross. Forgive them God for not knowing what they are doing.
Djovak like a bear
The Books of Knjige noticed well on Friday. Just as a bear is taken to fairs to dance, so Novak is taken around the Serbian World to sing in café bars and to be greeted with Danica Crnogorcevic’s medieval tunes. He was also awarded the charter of an honorary citizen of Budva. It is a pity to watch them drag him, the top athlete into the mire of nationalism, behind which stands only the insatiable hunger for stealing and corruption.
Sehovic is the new SD leader
At yesterday’s Second Congress of the Social Democrats of Montenegro (SD), Damir Sehovic was elected the new leader of the party. Out of 501 delegates, Sehovic received the support of 98.9%. He replaced the current SD leader Ivan Brajovic in that position.
CGO’s response
I would also like to comment briefly on the CGO’s reaction to Friday’s text. In the text, I commented on the CGO analysis of the text of the draft Fundamental Agreement published in the media and referred to the article dealing with the introduction of religious education in schools. Not having enough information, I commented exclusively on the CGO’s statement and concluded that there was a mistake in its analysis and that it did not know that the same provision is in the agreement concluded with the Catholic Church. The CGO contacted me and explained in detail why they believe that the article of the agreement is different from the one provided in the agreement with the Catholic Church, and thus, as a legal layman, it helped me understand the danger and bad intentions of the one who wrote the agreement. I thank CGO for the reaction and in accordance with their request, I react in this way.
I am carrying here the part of the reaction that refers to the disputed article of the agreement text:
“In our statement, it is assessed that the wording as included in the Fundamental Agreement concluded with the Serbian Orthodox Church regarding the introduction of religious education in public schools does not exist in similar agreements with other religious communities, and that is true.
For the sake of precision, in the draft Fundamental Agreement published in the media yesterday, Article 16, paragraph 2 reads: “Orthodox religious education in public schools shall be regulated by a special agreement between the parties”. The Agreement signed with the Holy See, the part related to the same issue reads: “Nevertheless, the contracting parties are aware that Montenegro is a multi-religious state and that it is not easy to exercise the right to Catholic religious education in schools. It was therefore agreed that the possibility of studying the Catholic faith in public schools could be regulated by a future agreement between the state and the Catholic Church”.
It is evident that the Fundamental Agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church contains an imperative norm, which means the anticipated certainty of the introduction of religious education in the Montenegrin educational system of one religion. On the other hand, in the Agreement with the Holy See, it exists as a possibility and with a pre-given explanation regarding the restrictions. In such matters, and especially in the context in which these agreements are concluded or planned to be concluded, this makes an important difference.”
That’s it for today. See you tomorrow at the same time, in the same place.
Kind regards,
Ljubomir Filipovic, CdM analyst
