According to unofficial data from the police, about 12,500 citizens gathered in Cetinje near the Lovcen Fairy monument, as a sign of protest against the announced enthronement of Metropolitan Joanikije of the Serbian Orthodox Church, on 5 September in the Cetinje Monastery. At the protest, the Serbian Orthodox Church was told to give up the enthronement of Joanikije in Cetinje. It was also stated that “we do not have other homelands but Montenegro and we will not allow its clericalization, fascism-orientation, assimilation and entering the Serbian World.” Civic activist Predrag Vusurovic said that the gathering in front of the Lovcen Fairy in Cetinje started the fifteen Gandhi days of defending the Cetinje Monastery. The gathering passed peacefully, and after that a walk was organized.
Nedjeljko Krivokapic from Cuce, who lives in Herceg Novi, also spoke at the protest.
“The Prime Minister says he is a Montenegrin, but he bows to the occupying flags, kneels before the monuments to domestic traitors.
We must show that we are ready to resist this puppet government with dignity and civilization.
We expect the support of the international community and all countries in the region and members of NATO”, Krivokapic pointed out.
