Serbian List (SL) issued a press release on Wednesday in which they said that Father Dragutin (Sava) Janjic, the Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery, with the statements against his country and the efforts to resolve the problems in KiM through compromise and dialogue, ceased to be a clergyman and became a participant in a political life, RTV reports.

SL pointed out that “now, Dragutin (Sava) Janjic, laments and complains because anyone dares to criticize and refutes his political views”.

“He is cunningly hiding behind the monastic robes, counting that it is the safest refuge in public from any other opinion and confirmation that he allegedly does not speak for himself and stands for his own interest, but that he is transmitting some sort of a higher truth which is not subject to criticism” SL said in a press statement.

SL added that “the real function and role of Janjic is not, however, to popularize the views of the Serbian Orthodox Church, because he does not preach theological views on a daily basis, but he is carrying out a vicious revenge against his own state, forgetting that Serbia is a secular democracy in which political representatives are elected by citizens in elections,” RTV reported.