Ten days ago, these organizations sent an initiative to the Pension Fund, emphasizing that it is unacceptable for this facility to be promoted among pensioners in Montenegro for tourism and rehabilitation purposes without appropriate context, recognition, and respect for the victims.
According to information from CCE and UDIK, the management of the Pension Fund reacted immediately and announced the termination of the contract that had lasted ten years, and in the first years one of the contracting parties was the Union of Pensioners' Associations.
The statement from the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund states that the current management was not aware of the events of 1992 at the Vilina Vlas hotel, and that in accordance with the principles of social responsibility and respect for the victims, it sent a written notice of termination of the contract.
CCE and UDIK assess that this is an important step towards accountability and respect for victims and emphasize the importance of incorporating an ethical component into all institutional programs intended for citizens.
Simultaneously, UDIK and CCE invite other institutions or legal entities in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina who offer "Vilina Vlas" for similar purposes to immediately terminate such contracts.
"In the end, CCE and UDIK particularly emphasize the role of the media – their interest and reporting, as well as the space they gave to the initiative and author's texts in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, was crucial to achieving this outcome and demonstrates the power of synergy between media and civic activism in affirming democratic values", they concluded in a statement.
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