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Betrayal of Montenegro, capitulation of the state to the Serbian Orthodox Church, farce… These are the assessments of some political parties in Montenegro for a version of the Basic Agreement, which regulates the relations of the state of Montenegro with the Church.
The harshest reaction has been from the parties that participate in the Government of Montenegro or offer it political support in the Assembly: the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).
It is already being warned that the Government, elected two months ago, may lose support in the Assembly. What is strongly opposed in the draft text of the Government agreement is the part that recognizes the subjectivity of the Serbian Church in Montenegro six centuries ago. earlier than that of the Church in Serbia, according to Radio Free Europe.
Known as the Basic Agreement, it is signed with religious communities to regulate mutual property and legal relations.
After nearly a decade of unsuccessful negotiations by previous governments, incumbent Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic has promised a speedy signing of the Basic Agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church.
For opponents of the version of the Basic Agreement, it is debatable that the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro has been recognized as a legal entity since 1219, while in Serbia its legal subjectivity has been recognized since 1836.
So, according to the draft agreement, parts of the Serbian Orthodox Church, respectively four dioceses operating in Montenegro, are almost six centuries older than the “mother” church itself – whose headquarters are in Belgrade. Moreover, the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro would be “older” than the state of Montenegro itself.
Also according to the version of the agreement, the Montenegrin state guarantees to the Serbian Orthodox Church that state bodies can not take security measures in its facilities and spaces, without the prior approval of the responsible bodies of the Church, except when it comes to urgent protection of lives and health.
Pro-Montenegrin parties and institutions see such wording as a “seizure” of Montenegro’s cultural and historical treasures. Montenegro, so far, has signed a Basic Agreement with the Holy See in the Vatican and by agreement has regulated the mutual relations with the Islamic community and the Jewish one.
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