The profession and the public are at war with the state, which, although the law does not allow it, wants to demolish the General Staff complex and build two 150-meter high towers in its place.
The resignation of two directors of the Republic and City Institutes for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, Dubravka Đukanović and Olivera Vučković, because of the General Staff, and the fact that their case confirms the assumptions that the state actually wants to demolish the General Staff complex even though it is protected by law, caused daily reactions from the public. The most recent is the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG).
Vladimir Pajić, Member of Parliament of the Movement of Free Citizens, is today at a press conference regarding the terror against culture, he called on "all progressive officials and sympathizers to see how their female colleagues are doing." At the first inconvenience, they will discard you like a greasy rag, and you will remain marked for the rest of your life. I warn them that the future is coming quickly and that there is no place for them in that promised tomorrow. Those who want to change the system from the inside should be aware that they will be instrumentalized, denounced, defiled".
He said that with the "resignations of Dubravka Đukanović and Oliver Vuckovic it is not about resignations for moral reasons because such an act must have followed much earlier. This is about washing the biographies of two people who are responsible for the complete devastation of Serbian culture as well as minority cultures and who for years have abolished the systematic destruction of Serbian cultural heritage and actively carried out the progressive and radical project of erasing our history which bothered them and which still bothers them ".
He added that this project is best reflected in the endangerment of over 100 monuments of culture and cultural heritage.
Pajić noted that "the backbone of the project of betraying the national interests of preserving culture and cultural heritage are ministers Siniša Mali, Goran Vesić, Nikola Selaković and the progressive half-baked Aleksandar Šapić".
"Siniša Mali and Goran Vesić are responsible for the planned and organized destruction of Kalemegdan and the Vračar historical complex. In addition, they carry countless monuments around Serbia on their souls. These two men carried out severe mobbing of people in protection institutions, and it is unforgivable for them."
"Nikola Selaković is responsible for the systematic revision of history, the radicalization of society and the current state of the Serbian Orthodox Church." The seeds of discord should be looked for in him, and I'm sure people can see that. The rosary in the hand is useless if the mosaic in the gate has been destroyed in Žiča. A tie and an expensive suit are useless if the civic spirit of which the suit is a symbol has been destroyed. Folk costumes are for nothing if Serbian translation institutes in Europe are shut down," concluded Pajić.
He added that "Aleksander Šapić is saved only by his incompetence, so the realization of his idle ideas is limited, but despite that, he is guilty of the persistent and committed destruction of the Belgrade core."
"The movement of free citizens stands firm in the defense of culture and cultural heritage and considers it, in addition to education, a pillar of society. We will ask for the immediate introduction of an inspectorate in culture, which is provided for by law and stopped by these people, and in addition, we will present this at the Committee for Culture of the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia", concluded Pajić.
