We are quoting his letter to the President of the Inquiry Committee, Andrija Nikolić, in its entirety:
Dear Mr. Nikolić,
Thank you for inviting me to attend the Board meeting scheduled for March 13th this year.
I would like to remind you that I have responded to all invitations from Montenegrin institutions so far with courtesy, believing that such responsibility towards the state of Montenegro is implied and that in all cases, when I can, I should contribute to the achievement of the goals of state bodies, including ad-hoc working bodies of the Parliament.
However, I won't do it this time, for two reasons:
- I have already publicly stated everything I had to say on the topics that inspired the formation of the Inquiry Committee on several occasions. On the most difficult of these issues, such as the murder of Duško Jovanović, I have also stated my views at the plenary session of Parliament. Since I have nothing to add to my publicly stated statements, I see no point in participating in the work of the Committee. I am confident that these answers are available to the members of the Inquiry Committee and interested members of Parliament in the archives of Parliament.
- Also, from even a cursory monitoring of the work of the Inquiry Committee, both in terms of the selection of topics and the invitation of guests, I would say that from the initial idea to further clarify some, possibly insufficiently illuminated events from the Montenegrin political past, the Committee has in the meantime become another place of partisan, unargued bickering, increasingly serving the purpose of the campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Since I have no intention of participating in this, I decided to thank you and state the reasons why I cannot accept the invitation.
With respect,
Milo Djukanovic.
