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Betrayal of Montenegro, capitulation of the state to the Serbian Orthodox Church, farce… These are some of the assessments of some political parties in Montenegro for a version of the Basic Agreement, which regulates the relations between the Montenegrin state and the Church.
The harshest reaction has been from the parties that participate in the Government of Montenegro or offer it political support in the Assembly: the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).
Criticisms have been accompanied by warnings that the Government, elected two months ago, may lose support in the Assembly, where it has a majority of only three votes, writes Radio Evropa e Lire.
What is most opposed in the proposal-text of the Government’s agreement is the part that recognizes the subjectivity of the Serbian Church in Montenegro six centuries earlier than that of the Church in Serbia.
Known as the Basic Agreement, it is signed with religious communities to regulate mutual property and legal relations.
After nearly a decade of unsuccessful negotiations by previous governments, the current prime minister of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, has promised a quick signing of the Basic Agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church.
After the publication of the draft text of the Basic Agreement on June 28, which is said to have been agreed between the Government and the Serbian Orthodox Church, furious reactions followed.
Draginja Vuksanović, deputy of the SDP, the party that has two ministers in the Government of Abazović, said that the draft agreement is a “farce, betrayal and occupation”.
This party unofficially told Radio Free Europe’s Balkan Service that, if the Government accepts this version of the Basic Agreement with the Church, “The Government will inevitably fall and new parliamentary elections will be announced.”
DPS said that the text has “obviously bad intentions” towards Montenegro and added that the Government is obliged to protect Montenegrin national interests.
“Otherwise, the consequences are known,” said Milosh Nikolliq, a DPS spokesperson.
From “Matica Montenegrinca”, a cultural institution in Montenegro, they said that by signing such an agreement, the country “would sign the act of capitulation”.
Abazović said that the parties who are dissatisfied with the harmonized text of the Basic Agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church, have been aware of its content.
“In addition to hearing that I am a traitor, I have not yet heard that certain articles of the agreement are not in order. The representatives of DPS and SDP knew the text and had no objection to the normative part”, said Abazović.
But the Minister of Defense, Rashko Konjevic, from the SDP, published a letter addressed to Abazović’s cabinet, which shows that this party has opposed the draft agreement.
The DPS said that the prime minister is deceiving the public and that this party has objections to the agreement, writes Radio Evropa e Lire.
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