Montenegro President vows to pursue break with Serbian Church PA
Protesters at a rally before a vote for the amendments of the Law on Religious Freedoms, in front of parliament in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 28 December
Protesters at a rally before a vote for the amendments of the Law on Religious Freedoms, in front of parliament in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 28 Decemb.
THE President of Montenegro, Milo Ðukanovic, has been forced to sign legislation restoring places of worship across his country to the Serbian Orthodox Church, while urging opponents of the measure to try to overturn it.
“Given the state President’s obligation to promulgate a re-voted law, there was no alternative,” explained President Ðukanovic, whose Adriatic country separated from Serbia after a referendum in 2006. “But I believe our Constitutional Court is the only competent body which can now provide an answer: I hope conditions have been created for this.”