2 pilots refused to fly Patriarch Porfirije and Metropolitan Joanikije to Cetinje

Disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against the pilots, who refused to carry out their task

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Two pilots, officers of the Montenegrin MUP Air Helicopter Unit, refused the task to make themselves available to the Police Administration and take Metropolitan Joanikije and Patriarch Porfirije to the Cetinje Monastery, the director of the Directorate for Emergency Situations in the MUP (Interior Ministry), Miodraf Besovic, confirmed for Portal Analitika.

Besovic stated that all legal actions have been taken against them in accordance with the law.

"Disciplinary proceedings have been initiated to determine their responsibility. The pilots stated that the reason for their decision was the lack of safety conditions. They were on duty that day, until the last moment they reported that they would carry out the task, but when that was necessary - they refused," Besovic explained.

Metropolitan Joanikije and Patriarch Porfirije arrived to the enthronement ceremony by helicopter yesterday.

On Sunday, on the eve of the enthronement of Joanikije, a clash between the police and demonstrators took place in Cetinje. The protesters pelted the police with rocks, bottles and Molotov cocktails, after which the officers responded with tear gas.

It was not possible to reach Cetinje yesterday by road because of the barricades set up by citizens om several locations in order to prevent the arrival of priests to the Cetinje Monastery for the ceremony. One bus with members of the clergy was returned to Podgorica, and a decision was made to hold service in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, while the Serbian patriarch and the new metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral were transferred to Cetinje by helicopter.

Video: Helicopter with the patriarch and the metropolitan lands in Cetinje: Police armed with rifles protect them

(Telegraf.rs)

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