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The Republic of Montenegro is a target of
attempted destabilization by violent means: its peace, territorial
integrity, constitutional order, the rule of law, citizens’ equality
and equal status of all churches and religious communities are under
threat.
This is about yet another of official Belgrade’s
attempts to restore Montenegro within a state community with Serbia,
and thus obstruct its consolidation as an independent and sovereign
state. Following on the referendum of May 21, 2006 Montenegro
restored its independence that had been abolished after Serbia’s
occupation in 1918. By passing the Law on Religious Communities
drafted in cooperation with the Venetian Commission and adjusted to
the highest European standards, Montenegro just reclaims a part of
the property taken away from it under Regent Alexander
Karadjordjevic’s decree of 1920 that abolished autocephality of the
Montenegrin Orthodox Church. The said Law rounds off – at long last
and in full – Montenegro’s legitimate status of a state. This is why
Serbian extreme nationalists are raising hue and cry about the Law,
and using it as yet another attempt at a coup d’état.
In October 2016 Montenegro managed to fend off a
Russian-Serbian assault. Should this, yet another in a row of
attempted destabilizations of Montenegro succeed, its consequences
would be fatal – armed conflicts, losses in human lives and material
destructions.
Strategist, mentor, logistician and mastermind
behind this last attempt at destabilizing Montenegro is official
Belgrade.. This refers to the Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbia’s
regime and its biggest opposition parties. Once again are Serbian
elites consensually calling for the regime’s radical response.
What we are warning against is that mechanisms for
Montenegro’s destabilization are the same as those devised in the
1990s: keeping Montenegro under Belgrade’s pan-Serbian auspices
warrants the life of the Greater Serbia project. Genocide, ethnic
cleansing and mass war crimes against humanity committed in Croatia,
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo stand as the “monuments” of such
policy of Belgrade’s.
Among other things, official Belgrade and its
allies have picked up Montenegro as a victim of Slobodan Milosevic’s
regenerate policy for neighboring states because of its
uncompromising commitment to a civil society, Euro-Atlantic
integration, protection of minorities and good neighborly relations.
Although Serbian nationalism has lost almost all
of its levers of power, we believe that it is most important to
alert against such official Belgrade’s policy. Regional stability is
vital to all Balkan nations, and that’s why they have to demonstrate
full responsibility for and readiness to face up all upcoming
challenges.
Given Montenegro’s present position as a South
European leader in Euro-Atlantic integration, we take that the
passivity of European institutions and democratic national
governments when it comes to condemning another of attempts at
Montenegro’s destabilization that follows the principles of Slobodan
Milosevic’s policy – is simply impermissible. Political,
ecclesiastical and media smear campaign of misinformation conducted
by Belgrade – but that also goes on in Podgorica and Banjaluka –
seriously threatens peace, not only in Montenegro but also in the
entire region.
This is why we are appealing to all political
actors in the international community and the region to resolutely
raise their voice against destabilization of Montenegro and the
region official Belgrade has planned and been inciting.
...Online PETITION >>>
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1.Latinka Perović, Historian
2.Stjepan Mesić, President of the Presidency of
SFRY and President of Croatia
3.Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia
4.Budimir Lončar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
SFRY
5.Bogić Bogićević, Member of the Presidency of
SFRY
6.Raif Dizdarević, President of of the Presidency
of SFRY
7.Haris Silajdžić, president of the Presidency of
Bosnia
8.Azem Vllasi, lawyer
9.Veljko Bulajić, film director
10.Bogdan Tanjević, basketball coach
11.Šerbo Rastoder, historian
12.Ivo Goldstein, historian
13.Husnija Kamberović, historian
14.Milivoj Bešlin, historian
15.Momir Samardžić, historian
16.Nikola Samardžić, historian
17.Živko Andrijašević, historian
18.Dragan Markovina, historian
19.Edin Omerčić, historian
20.Adnan Prekić, historian
21.Ivo Vajgl, diplomat, MP of the EP
22.Žarko Papić, director of IBHI
23.Dimitrije Popović, painter
24.Senad Pećanin, lawyer
25.Tamara Nikčević, journalist
26.Sonja Biserko, Helsinki Committee in Serbia
27.Milorad Popović, writer
28.Boris A. Novak, writer
29.Mirjana Miočinović, dramaturg
30.Vladimir Arsenijević, writer
31.David Filip, writer
32.Svetislav Basara, writer
33.Nenad Prokić, dramaturg
34.Veton Surroi, writer and publicist
35.Andrej Nikolaidis, writer
36.Shkelzen Maliqi, writer
37.Vladimir Milčin, theater director
38.Dino Mustafić, theater director
39.Radmila Vojvodić, film director
40.Emir Hadžihafizbegović, actor
1.Nataša Mićić, MP in Serbia (LDP)
42.Čedomir Jovanović, MP in Serbia LDP
43.Nenad Čanak, MP in Serbia
44.Bojan Kostreš, politician (LSV)
45.Aleksandar Olenik, lawyer, Domocratic Forum
46.Tanja Petovar,lawyer
47.Aleksandar Sekulović, Antifascist Alliance of
Serbia
48.Sinan Alić, journalist
49.Nerzuk Ćurak, politicologist
50.Edina Bećirević, university professor
51.Gjyleta Mushkolaj, university professor
52.Slobodan Backović, academic CANU
53.Slavo Kukić, sociologist
54.Esad Duraković, philologist
55.Branka Dragović Savić, journalist
56.Dinko Gruhonjić, journalist
57.Slobodan Sadžakov, philosopher
58.Tomislav Marković, writer and columnist
59.Belul Beqaj, journalist
60.Lula Mikijelj, activist
61.Srdjan Šušnica, lawyer and culturologist
62.Izabela Kisić, Helsinki Committee in Serbia
63.Reuf Bajrović, politician
64.Agron Bajrami, journalist
65.Slaviša Lekić, journalist
66.Boris Varga, politicologist and journalist
67.Zlatko Dizdarević, journalist
68.Boško Jakšić, journalist
69.Dragan Banjac, journalist
70.Mijat Lakićević, journalist
71.Gordana Suša, journalist
72.Boro Kontić, journalist
73.Dragan Bursać, journalist
74.Emir Suljagić, journalist and writer
75.Nataša Govedarica, dramaturg
76.Snežana Čongradin, journalist
77.Pavle Radić, columnist
78.Bojan Tončić, journalist
79.Dušan Mijić, preduzetnik
80.Ivo Komšić, politician
81.Suzana Kadirić, journalist
82.Ćerim Bajrami, politician
83.Esad Rastoder
84.Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, International Forum of
Bosnia
85.Miloš Ćirić, politicologist
86.Ferid Muhić, philosopher
87.Prof Senadin Lavić
88.Prof Rasim Gačinović
89.Mustafa Cerić, politicologist
90.Dženana Kalup Druško, journalist
91.Jovankla Babić, lawyer
92.Vesna Cvejić, University Professor
93.Hrvoje Klasić, historian
94.Zoran Vuletić, preduzetnik
95.Dragan Kapičić, sportski radnik
96.Beba Zugic Kapičić, actress
97.Rajko Todorović Todor, painter
98.Aleksej Kišjuhas, sociologist
99.Dušan Petričić
100.Enis Imamović
101.Mića Jovanović, journalist
102.Dragan Veselinov, Professor
103.Dunja Melčić, filozofkinja
104.Hajdana Nikčević Glomazić, andragog
105.Maja Obradović, preduzetnica
106.Vladimir Obradović, preduzetnik
107.Romano Bolković, journalist
108.Olivera Radovanović, Zelena mreža Vojvodine
109. Nevenka Tromp, historian
110. Geoffrey Nice, lawyer
111.Edita Tahiri, politician
112.Duško Radosavljević, predsednik Saveza
antifašista Vojvodine
113.Dr Duško Radosavljević
114.Nedim Sejdinović
115.Dr Miroslavom Ilić
116.Aleksandra Đurić-Bosnić, kulturološkinja, Novi
Sad
117.Ljilja Spasić
118.Aleksandar Popov, Igmanska inicijativa
119.Biljana Srbljanović, writer
120.Olga Zirojević, historian
121.Ratko Božović
122.Marija Vasiljević
123.Andrea Feldman, historian
124.Jadranka Jelinčić, pravnik
125.Živan Berisavljević
126.Ćazim Suljević
127.Pavel Domonji
128.David L. Phillips, Columbia University, New
York
129.Branka Prpa, historian
130.Srdja Pavlović, historian
131.Vidosav Stevanović, writer
132.Judita Popović
133.Aladdin Huzejrović
134.Olena Papuga, narodna poslanica u Skupštini
Republike Srbije (LSV)
135.Dr Radonja Dubljević
136.Zoran Kusovac, journalist
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