“Montenegro not taking over SPC property”

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović denied the claims of Parliament Speaker Ranko Krivokapić that the state is taking over church property.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 29.03.2010.

11:32

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Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic denied the claims of Parliament Speaker Ranko Krivokapic that the state is taking over church property. Vujanovic told Podgorica daily Dan that he is not aware of any modern countries that have, "contrary to all principles, proclaimed churches and holy places as state property. “Montenegro not taking over SPC property” “The state will not involve itself in internal church issues,” Vujanovic said, stating that this also goes for the Ostrog monastery and other churches and cathedrals that belong to the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral. Vujanovic said that "in answering this question, it would be best to quote constitutional and legal decrees that precisely proscribe the separation of church and state", that property rights are protected, while no one can have these rights revoked or limited, unless the public interest demands it through proper compensation. Vujanovic was quoted as saying that it would be pointless to not use the hydro-potential of the Moraca River and not build a hydroelectric plant on it, adding that this potential should be used with the maximal protection of the interest of the local residents, and the Moraca monastery. He also denied accusations by the opposition that Montenegro is a “safe house for criminals” stating that crime is an evil of the entire society and "an ill which endangers the biological substance". “No one in Montenegro is allowed to be above the law, and no one will be,” he said.

“Montenegro not taking over SPC property”

“The state will not involve itself in internal church issues,” Vujanović said, stating that this also goes for the Ostrog monastery and other churches and cathedrals that belong to the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral.

Vujanović said that "in answering this question, it would be best to quote constitutional and legal decrees that precisely proscribe the separation of church and state", that property rights are protected, while no one can have these rights revoked or limited, unless the public interest demands it through proper compensation.

Vujanović was quoted as saying that it would be pointless to not use the hydro-potential of the Morača River and not build a hydroelectric plant on it, adding that this potential should be used with the maximal protection of the interest of the local residents, and the Morača monastery.

He also denied accusations by the opposition that Montenegro is a “safe house for criminals” stating that crime is an evil of the entire society and "an ill which endangers the biological substance".

“No one in Montenegro is allowed to be above the law, and no one will be,” he said.

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