Good morning! Novak Djokovic wouldn’t be a topic in Montenegro if only he hadn’t interfered in our politics. As for other news, suspicions over wealth of Prime Minister’s family, protests in support of B&H in Podgorica, DF insults Montenegrins, employers shorten working hours for employees due to the Europe Now project, we’ll have a new supreme state prosecutor on January 24, the Meljine hospital, which was established in the 18th century, is about to shut down.
Why Djokovic deserves a lifetime disqualification
Novak Djokovic deserves a lifetime disqualification. Not because he hasn’t received a Covid jab, or because he doesn’t believe in vaccines. That’s his right until he starts using his fame as a platform for spreading misinformation about the virus and vaccines. But even that’s not a reason he deserves to be disqualified.
Novak disqualified himself for using the status of a divine figure among his people to circumvent the rules in Serbia and bring the people around him in danger. On 16 December, he tested positive for Covid, and on December 17 he hang out with children and handed out prizes. There are two possibilities – either he was not infected and his test was deliberately falsified because of the Australia Open Tournament, or he was so irresponsible to himself and others that he walked among people fully aware of the infection.
The whole world followed drama of Djokovic’s entry to Australia, and the court ruled in his favor. If he really cared about people, he would have pointed out the injustice of the immigration system in that country and promoted the story of a young man who has been trapped in that hotel since he was 15, that is, for 9 years. Instead, Djokovic and his family are using all their opportunities to delude the Serbian people and fuel nationalism in that country. It seems that this is not enough for them, so they hosted the main culprit for Brexit in Belgrade, the British populist Nigel Ferridge, who with his nationalism and irresponsibility helped the biggest crisis in the EU since its inception. But what to expect from people who promote Jovan Deretic and the one with the pyramids from Visoko.
Novak Djokovic is a good tennis player, maybe the best ever, but a man with a weak character. Otherwise he wouldn’t allow himself to do what he does. In Montenegro, he supported the nationalist movement hiding behind religious processions, and now, by allying with anti-vaxers and global conspiracy theorists and right-wing populists, he’s proving the nature of that movement.
I used to be glad whenever he wins tournaments, I’ve been indifferent to him for some time, and from now on I wish he’d lose every match.
Suspicions over PM son’s wealth
Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic said his son bought a plot of land in the Rogami neighborhood, Podgorica, for €80.000, i.e. with the money he received at the wedding and the one he borrowed from his employer. He said the plot was bought before he became prime minister, adding that he had not visited it yet. He also claims that there is nothing secret in that activity, as some media outlets reported. He said that his family should be the first to take responsibility if it did something dishonest. The opposition and opposition activists have fiercely criticized the prime minister for the non-transparency of family finances and provided some more information about the luxury in which his family allegedly lives.
A protest to support Bosnia and Herzegovina
Protests for peace in B&H were held yesterday at noon in 35 cities of 14 countries over the world, from the USA to Australia, and in some cities citizens have already expressed their dissatisfaction with the situation in their homeland.
One of the protests was organized in Podgorica, and the speakers were Draginja Vuksanovic and Andrej Nikolaidis.
DF and Montenegrins
DF continues with hate speech against Montenegrins. But there’s nothing strange in it having in mind that works promoting the denial of the Montenegrin nation receive the highest state awards. In the attack on the government and Minister Tamara Srzentic, they point out that the changes were made by “Serbs, and that the government is flattering Montenegrins”.
Request for revocation of Micovic’s award
The Montenegrin PEN Center sent a request to the Government of Montenegro to annul the decision on awarding the Miroslav’s Gospel Award and dismiss the jury that made that decision.
“This year’s Miroslav’s Gospel Award was given to an author who, in his book and publicly stated views, unequivocally shows and promotes the fascist attitude towards Montenegrins, Bosniaks, Muslims, Albanians and Croats, i.e. towards the absolute majority of Montenegro citizens,” the PEN Center states.
First outcomes of Europe Now inflict damages on workers
Many warned that the Europe Now program would inflict greatest damage to employees, and that many jobs would becomepart of the gray economic zone. The Administration for Inspection Affairs (UIP) received a report from an employee in Budva, suggesting that the employer asked him to change the working hours from full to part-time in an annex to the contract, says the assistant director of the Administration for Inspection Affairs, Ana Vujosevic.
New supreme state prosecutor on 24 January
The new convocation of the Prosecutorial Council will meet for the first time on January 24 when they’re going to state that the tenure of the acting Supreme State Prosecutor Drazen Buric has ended, it was confirmed for the RTCG Portal. At that session, one of the agenda items will be the election of a new acting supreme state prosecutor.
Oldest hospital in Montenegro about to shut down?
Instead of opening hospitals in Montenegro, the one in Meljine is about to close.
Bankruptcy trustee Zarko Ostojic sent a letter to the Government of Montenegro, ministers of finance and social welfare and health Milojko Spajic and Jelena Borovinic Bojovic, Health Insurance Fund and Mayor of Herceg Novi Stevan Katic, to help the survival of Meljine Hospital because otherwise, due to lack of financial and medical devices, the hospital will cease to provide services as of January 31. As Ostojic points out, there’s no possibility for the hospital to continue with borrowing, adding that they currently do not have funds for fuel, medicine and salaries. However, he adds that there is a solution to the problem.
That’s all for today. Have a nice day.
Kind regards,
Ljubomir Filipovic, CdM observer
