A series of events that occurred over the past few days overshadowed the interview of the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Vesna Bratić, for Novosti, clearly showing that the plan to build the Njegoš Chapel, that is, a religious facility of Aleksandar Karađorđević, is still in their minds, reports Dnevne Novine daily.
On the question “how are they going to return the Njegoš Chapel”, Ms Bratić first “explained” that it was about a matter staggering and dividing the nation and “those who supported its destruction, instead of threatening that they won’t allow it to be rebuild, should be ashamed of it”.
The Minister then mourned for the chapel, which, according to her, was and still is a symbol of real and just Montenegro.
With this interview, Minister Bratić only confirmed that her views are the same, i.e. they didn’t change since first revealed in November last year when she told that the chapel should be returned where it belongs, while the Njegoš Mausoleum should be relocated “as it shouldn’t stand where it stands right now”.
“As for the Mausoleum, it should stand somewhere else. You know, at a time when various plans were being made for the benefit of all peoples and nationalities, brotherhood and unity and so on, the entire one village, from where my uncle had been, was submerged, including the Kosijerevo Monastery. The same monastery was moved out stone by stone to another place, and the same thing happened with the Piva Monastery, so let the Mausoleum be relocated as well. Now, thank God, there’s a whole range of possibilities, and the chapel should be returned where it belongs. The Mausoleum perhaps somewhere lower, as it certainly shouldn’t stand where it stands now,” she pointed out back in November.
Well, she’s not talking about destruction of the mausoleum anymore, but given government’s changeable nature of promises and ways they’re using to implement the demographic transition model in Montenegro, suspicions on our side seem quite justified.
