Celebrants with Serbian flags passed, then patriots with Montenegrin flags came. The result: the number of people suffering from the corona virus has increased drastically. Epidemiologists warn that dramatic days are ahead. But many don't seem to care. Life in this country was almost as a rule less important than "state", "nation", "church", and other "big" words. Which, wherever they were shouted, and placed above life and the individual, brought - tragedies. The viruses of nationalism, fascism, and other fatal ideologies are more deadly than Covid. Montenegro needs to survive both. And it's good that he has a chance.
The agreement, which is the basis for the constitution of the new government, and which was presented to the public this week by the representatives of the three winning lists, is a good start for the new Montenegro. In which human rights and European values will be respected, in which justice and human dignity must not be just a letter on paper. What the holders of the three lists - Zdravko Krivokapić, Aleksa Bečić and Dritan Abazović - would sign would be signed by anyone who wants such a Montenegro. Waving flags and old ideas again threatens to distance us from that Montenegro.
As soon as the leaders of the winning lists agreed on the principles and direction of the new government, as well as the expert Government, disturbances began in the Democratic Front. "Without the Democratic Front, there is no government in Montenegro," said Andrija Mandić. Nebojša Medojević was more specific, announcing that "people who have been in politics for 30 years should not be discriminated against". “I'll be personal. I don't know anyone who knows the democratic transition better than me", he said, saying that there must be an agreement between politicians and experts. An agreement has already been reached between the three leaders. Unless the Front thinks it should be thwarted, then go for new elections. To lose them. In the direction of heating up the division, this week came the announcement of Metropolitan Amfilohi that he is planning to build a chapel on Lovcen.
Previously, the Montenegrin "patriots" were celebrated. Behind the organization of the meeting in the center of Podgorica, the signature of the Democratic Party of Socialists can be seen, although they have renounced it. Many important Depees people were spotted on the field. Without masks and social distance. What is life compared to the state, sorry privilege. Some, they admitted, were only there with their hearts. The speakers at the meeting particularly distinguished themselves by diving into history. And the one that fuels divisions decades later. The rhetoric was appropriate.
The statement of Nemanja Batrićević, an associate at the Faculty of Political Sciences, received the most attention. He said: "The latter is a hurray for Dritan Abazović, Žarko and Luka Rakčević and Filipe Adzić." If you hand over Montenegro to the Chetniks, you will be remembered as traitors," he said.
Nemanja Batrićević is right about one thing. The latter is a hurrah to go the other way. To those who were opened as a possibility by the three leaders of the winning lists. Especially, Dritan Abazović. Despite the pressures of fellow citizens, friends, acquaintances and strangers, politicians and analysts, local people and those from the neighborhood, DPS and others who were shaken in different ways by Đukanović's departure. Resisting all these pressures to break his word, the URA leader showed that he is a different kind of politician. Who can be trusted when he says: "I expect those who want to be part of the agreement to respect the agreement itself." If this is hypothetically not fulfilled, the government will fall. End of story. Responsible politicians stick to the deal. At the price of a political crisis".
It is not disputed. Everyone has the right to protest. Everyone has the right to celebrate. Everyone has the right to their flags. But they can be fluttered next to each other. While living a dignified life.
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