.: Montenegro Opposition to File Charges Against Djukanovic

Monday, January 24, 2011

Montenegro Opposition to File Charges Against Djukanovic

A Montenegrin opposition party plans to file criminal charges against former prime minister Milo Djukanovic and the Italian premier for "damaging Montenegro's energy sector".

The Movement for Change, PZP, plans to submit the charges against Djukanovic and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for inflicting "immeasurable damage on the Montenegrin energy sector", the party's vice-president, Branko Radulovic, said on Sunday.

Djukanovic stepped down from his post in December after leading the country for almost twenty years.

"There are grounds to believe that persons in Italy and Montenegro have a critical impact on the way the remaining energy resources in Montenegro are valued, the quality of investments in the sector and the possible construction of hydropower plants on the Moraca river," Radulovic told Podgorica-based media.

The party also plans to file charges against Montenegro's Deputy Prime Minister Vujica Lazovic and former minister of economy Branko Vujovic.

"The high price of electricity, which could climb even higher, is only one of the negative effects of this collusion, and the illegal and harmful contracts that are created and signed by Djukanovic, Berlusconi, Lazovic and Vujovic, and their associates," the PZP said in a statement signed by Radulovic.

According to him, these agreements directly influenced the creation of a plan for the energy lobby in Italy to take over Montenegro's energy potential.

"This is the third time Italy has attempted to occupy Montenegro. They first tried in 1918 and 1941, but we managed to turn them away. I hope that we also manage the third time," Radulovic said.

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Anonymous said...: This is very concerning, my sister's energy (electric) rates rose 100% in Podgorica, as it was announced last week by the dept of energy.

There is no recourse for these actions, government is setting the rates as they please without chacks and balances.; 2:21 PM

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New York Times article published May 21, 1911

"ALBANIAN JOAN OF ARC: Handsome Heroine Takes Father's Place and Vanquishes Turks" – Cetinja, May 21, 1911 - A young girl, whose first name corresponds to that of the given name of the Maid of Orleans, is now being sung in the songs of the Montenegrin bards in the inns and coffee houses in Podgorica. When at the battle of Vranje last week, her father, the hereditary commander of his clan, fell, she immediately stepped to his place and led the Martinajs to victory against the Turks. Aside from the romantic phase of the affair, for Janitza Martinaj (Tringa e Grudes) is very beautiful, the battle is important as showing that the Montenegrins on the frontier had joined with the Albanians. According to a person who is well acquainted with her, this new Joan of Arc is “a tall, handsome, well-developed young woman. All the Albanian women are brave, and are trained from their girlhood to the use of firearms, and in times of war, as there are no mules, they carry the provisions and ammunition for their soldiers and go into the firing line to distribute them.” “And are sometimes killed?” “Yes, often that happens.” Janitza would probably have carried a Martini rifle; or, as many of the Marininis were collected last year by the Turks, her weapon may perhaps have been one of the old-fashioned Albanian rifles, which are handsomely decorated with silver and have very long, narrow barrels. Shooting is almost the only amusement of the young men and women in Albania. Both boys and girls learn to shoot when they are 12 years old. At weddings the parties amuse themselves by dancing and shooting: at christenings shootings is again the principal amusement – firing at large targets for some little prize – and at festivals there is shooting all day long. It’s one of the great difficulties that Turks have to contend with, for it is part of the national life; the people use their rifles by day and sleep with them by their side by night. The custom has grown up with the prevailing insecurity from vendettas at home and border troubles abroad. Physically, the Albanians are the finest race in Europe. Their women are handsome, with dark hair, though their eyes are sometimes gray. To see them walk is a delight. We like to see the ballet in Servia. The first time I saw the Albanians walk it gave me just the same pleasure. Their movements are so graceful, elegance and strength together. Yes, they are a very fine and very gifted race. They are like the Scots in the 17th century, and they will be by and by the finest race, intellectually as well as physically, in the Balkans. If you go to Constantinople you will find that many of the finest men, not only soldiers but also statesmen are Albanians. Their fault, due to their present degree of civilization, is that they cannot grasp the idea of State. The clan is their highest organization; they are unable to see the importance of combining the clan with the higher organization of making a state. But that will come.

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Montenegro Opposition to File Charges Against Djukanovic

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