It's a miracle Saturday. Who expected that this last one would bring us so many pleasant surprises. The emperor is definitely naked. He hasn't left the country yet, but he might start thinking about it.
After 27 years of humiliating institutions and reducing the state to private ownership, on Saturday it became clear that the Tsar had nothing left but bare force and comical propaganda. He was left alone even in his own party. There is no Sveta, there is no Filip, Igor has a picture but no tone, Roćen is in the company of "Granda", and Duško does not know what to do with the "Mojkovac clan". The emperor remained surrounded by Migo from the accusative case, a tractor from Simović, a cell phone from Petr and a folder from Daliborka.
With police cordons and a boomerang of propaganda that convinces him that the protests have failed, and that he is never stronger. In such a situation, his choice comes down to two options: either his friend Cane picks him up by plane and transfers him to Moscow or Geneva, or he imposes a state of emergency. What did he try on Saturday night when, without the knowledge of the head of the parliament and the minister of police, he issued a statement about the infernal plan for a coup d'état. What were Chetnik Andrija and Ustasha Branko planning to break into Ranko's house without the latter knowing about it?! The prime minister must have been tipped off about such an exclusive by the controversial Mojkov resident Veselin Veljović, the informal police chief, otherwise a Master of Science and a bully.
When, as the portal of the respected Public Service informed us, a "wonderful, peaceful day in Podgorica" dawned on Sunday, it was already too late to declare a state of emergency. No one responded to Veljović's letter from last night. The situation became even worse for the Tsar when his longtime protector Doris Pak called - the Montenegrin prime minister is an autocrat who has placed himself above and beyond the law! That's why the people are protesting. And don't touch it.
Thanks to the wise and thoughtful decision of the inner cabinet to use brutal force on Saturday against any citizen who does not wear a picture of the Emperor on his chest or does not show at least a DPS membership card, the protests have entered a new phase. Which is the beginning of the end of the controversial prime minister. Because it is clear that whatever happens next Saturday, Prime Minister Đukanović cannot be part of any story about the future of this country. Everyone read it and saw through it. Even at the top of his own party. Except for the personal phalanx. Which will share his fate until the end.
When the youth, the generation born when he cleaned up Veselin, his parents from the Greek Dral, and usurped power on the street, when that generation chants "Milo, thief" and "Milo, murderer" in the Sunday procession - that is the terrible definition of his rule and of their life under him. The respectable prime minister's suitcase is full for the West as well. It is clear to both Brussels and Washington that Đukanović is an outclassed politician - the only question is how to carry out the transition of power without jeopardizing Montenegro's Euro-Atlantic path. It seems that the leaders of Demos, Ura, Democrats cannot see him with their eyes, let alone sit at the table with him. That's why the question is - what are they waiting for?! They don't yet realize that this Saturday's riot has grown into something much bigger and more significant than the DF protests that started three weeks ago. Dissatisfaction, frustration, anger - because of the injustice, robbery, terror of the respected prime minister has nothing to do with Mandić, nor with Medojević, even less with Lekić, Bečić and Rakčević - it is a rebellion of much wider social layers, a good part of which has nothing to do with either party. If Ćaki, Aleksa and Žarko remain in autistic thinking about which side they will take, with the citizens or with the institutions, they may end up politically like Buridan's hero who hesitated between two haystacks.
The most delicate, but also the most challenging, is the position of the SDP. In the last year or two, Krivokapić tried to make the parliament a place of dialogue and agreement, but in Đukanović's Montenegro, it was an impossible mission. Either you are his servant and errand boy or you are his enemy. As soon as Ranko showed what parliament should be like in a democratic country, he was personally accused by the controversial prime minister of "parliamentary dictatorship", and then immediately appeared on the covers of Informer, Pobjeda and Farma's "Minute, two". The Parliament and the Government have now, after the latest events, lost their legitimacy and the preparation of new elections is the only democratic way out for the country in this situation.
The formation of a technical or transitional government is the only way. The alternative is worsening divisions, conflicts, bloodshed and martial law. Which would bring Đukanović another month of absolute power, but it would take Montenegro many years. Maybe even the future. As an experienced politician, Krivokapić would have to be aware of the complexity of the moment. And the fact that in his hands is the key that opens or closes the door to the democratic epilogue of the crisis, which is much deeper than the one shown to us by the respected Public Service and the advanced department of TV Farma. Because, if 10 or 15 thousand disgruntled people come to the main square next Saturday to Sunday, how will their anger be channeled?! It's not just a question for DF. This is a question for all parties except DPS and its satellites. They will remain hostages to the fate of their Boss, who thinks for them and decides on their behalf. Other political subjects must take the initiative and introduce the story into a democratic denouement, not a tragic plot. It depends on you, then. We're just looking at you.
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