Why this is the case, it is difficult to answer. That the talks about national symbols are recycled was seen yesterday when the President of the Bosnjacka Party, Rafet Husovic, said his party will not give up on the demand that on the Montenegrin flag there is also a half-moon, and that it is a completely justified and legitimate request. This statement comes four years after the former party’s vice-president Suljo Mustafić said in 2014 that there should be elements of Islam on the Montenegrin flag. So, the story is the same, re-activated. That the situation is being well monitored from the "opposing camp" showed a contrary attitude related to yesterday's story that was "hit" by the Democratic Front, which proposes the Montenegrin Assembly introduce the celebration of Petar II Petrovic Njegos, who would be celebrated on November 13th as a Montenegrin holiday of culture. That this is the opposite from the Bosnian party, it is best shown by the statement of Mustafić from 2014 when he said that November 13th, the birthday of Petar Petrovic Njegos, cannot be proclaimed as a day of Montenegrin culture because some ideas from "Gorski vijenac" inspired the genocide of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Therefore, the story of symbols that is completely legitimate, however, seems to be repeated at a certain political moment. Citizens are becoming more and more inclined to believe that this story is served to turn the attention away from the important life issues. Whether something "is being prepared," remains to be speculated. Nevertheless, the questions of the church, flag, billboards, and Podgorica assemblies appear at precisely defined moments. Perhaps the best comment on all this was given by the Prime Minister Duško Markovic yesterday, who said that some events should not be paid too much attention. For the billboards in Budva, he said that these themes are imposed by experts, and they do not have to give them importance. Referring to Bosnjacka party's flag-related proposal, he says, it's legitimate.
"I'm not sure that we are solving key challenges, but that's legitimate," he said.
Markovic said clearly yesterday that we should turn to the development of Montenegro and the prosperity of society.
In this case, one should listen to the prime minister.
Text by Miraš Dušević, on October 25th, 2018, read more at CdM
