Montenegrin minister dismissed denying Srebrenica genocide

His dismissal took place with Montenegrin Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic's proposal, which was proposed by 81 MPs as long as the country's 43 parliament voted in favour of dismissal, while 27 opposed. President Milo Djukanovic's opposition Democratic Socialist Party supported this proposal.

Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic proposed the dismissal of Justice Minister Vladimir Leposaviq, due to his faithless stance on the genocide in Srebrenica.

During a parliamentary session on March 26th this year, Leposaviq has said he is willing to admit that genocide has occurred in Srebrenica “when such a thing is proven without doubt”.

This statement has caused sharp reactions in the country's and international opinion, while the Leposavika also challenged The Hague tribunal's legitimacy for the former Yugoslavia, which has found genocide has occurred in Srebrenica.

Prime Minister Krivokapic accused Leposavic of having been forced to answer the parliamentary question about Srebrenica in the government's policy spirit, not in the spirit of academic debate.

“I have demanded resignation because it is best with a personal act to show responsibility”, Krivokapic said.

However, Leposavic refused to resign, as he was backed by a majority of the proserb deputies exercising power in Montenegro. The pro-Russian party in Montenegro, the Democratic Front, supported the minister by praising that “Leposavich said nothing that is not the position of any Serb in Montenegro”. They warned that its dismissal could cause the collapse of the Montenegrin government the following days. / VOA