24 minutes agoMontenegro: Citizens with Protests Seek Elections, Open Balkans Reject
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)At the sound of an old Italian anti-fascist song, thousands protested Dritan Abazovic's government in Montenegro. The usual impact has been turned into parliament's building in Podgorica. With the “slogan we are a lot”, citizens demanded early elections, rejection of the “Open Balkan” project, and of the law limiting the powers of the mountain president [...]
“I hope that people will be conscious to overcome this crisis and have a normal government working for the interests of Montenegro and the people, the Church of Montenegro and our language”, says Vasko Jablan, one of the protesters.
It's true that it was the first time we changed government after a few decades, but this change didn't bring us anything good”, adds another, Marko Buric.
“Dola to support a civilized, multiethnic and anti-fascist Montenegro. I went out to young people and younger generations and to say to Europe: We are here!”, says Tinka Djuranovic, another protester.
Politics in Montenegro, with only 625 thousand inhabitants, has been quite troubled in recent years and highly divided because of clashes between the pro-European and the Russian. The government of the current prime minister, Dritan Abazovic, has been fired from parliament, but a decision has not yet been made for a new majority or early election. /A2/
