After three decades of writing or maybe it's more accurate to say barking at the stars, the time has come for a title like this.
Not only because, or at least because, as the Prime Minister said, "this government is being overthrown by everyone, both the position and the opposition and the environment and the center, and no one perceives it as their own." So that I may be in the minority again.
Even less because the first 100 days of the Government are for a clean high five and for Well done Boss, because in one of the recent articles I wrote that only three ministers deserve a passing grade, and Prvi was not among them.
The reason for such a title is not even the decision of one prime minister to dismiss one minister, although this is happening for the first time in three decades of our multi-party system, and there were not dozens but hundreds of reasons for such decisions.
It would be tragicomic, and not only baseless, to celebrate one decision of the current prime minister because it goes against the initiative of the current opposition, which for three decades while ruling and ravaging the country kept silent or relativized all kinds of and numerous crimes, from Srebrenica itself, through Strbac and Herceg Novi, to the crime of criminal association, through the crime of robbery of one's own citizens and the devastation of the environment and resources, to the crime of persecution and murder of dissenters. At least such a decrepit and spent political group has grounds to demand anyone's resignation, except to simulate how it exists and how it is active in the parliament.
Therefore, what Krivokapić deserves bravo for is the reason for the decision to dismiss Minister Leposavić. It is about the value aspect. "Admitting guilt has never been easy, but it is owed to the victims and the truth... You have to admit the truth to yourself, admit guilt - don't deny it. This creates a basis for reconciliation with neighbors, but also for healing cracks in one's own society. You are all called to recognize the truth and to seek and facilitate reconciliation in order to pave the way for a better future," German Ambassador Robert Weber said recently, referring to the experience of his country and people.
Good for the prime minister, precisely because he dismissed a minister who relativized the gravity of the crime committed in our recent past. And without that, there is no reconciliation and no future.
Good for the prime minister, because he was the first, not only in Montenegro but in the entire region, to sanction a member of his cabinet for relativizing a crime. We are witnessing the reverse process, that neighbors from the Balkans are competing in the discipline of minimizing the crimes committed by individuals, all in the name of those same nations.
Good for the prime minister, because none of his Croatian colleagues dismissed any of his ministers because he relativized or downplayed the crime in Jasenovac or because he similarly promoted and defended the right of so-called Croatian patriots to wear a black Ustasha shirt and salute For the Commission.
Well done to the prime minister, because none of the leaders of the three nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina sanctioned any of their colleagues for relativizing or denying what Karadžić and Mladić did in Srebrenica, Naser Orić in Bratunac or General Praljak in Mostar (without the intention of equating or measures the individual gravity of the mentioned crimes). Dodik, Izetbegović and Čović never personally faced these crimes, so they could not see, much less sanction, such a problem with their ministers or mayors.
Well done to the prime minister, because none of the first ministers in Serbia after October 5 faced the gravity of the crime in Srebrenica, even less did they hold their closest collaborators accountable due to numerous statements relativizing or even denying the genocide. The very first reactions of Vučić's propaganda to Krivokapić's decision show that a new wave of violence against the prime minister of a neighboring country is coming, under the pretext of betraying Serbia and those who voted for him.
Good for the prime minister, because he showed that there is no calculation around universal values. Now it is the turn of the DF leaders. Will they accept that it is in the interest of their voters not to keep silent or relativize the crime, or is it easier for Mandić and his company to remain puppets and do the work for Vučić himself, who unfailingly represents the interests and defends the image of all Serbs in the world, from Novi to Tokyo. Also, this is the first big test for the Democrats, who have so far been building their party rating according to the "I'm not from here" system. Now it will become more clear whether Becic and his friends are a civil party of the European center or just a political wing of the DF.
Well done for the prime minister, because he knocked out the comitis-patris with this decision and the explanation itselfjthe Otsky bloc, which long ago forgave its leader Đukanović for his personal contribution to Srebrenica, Vukovar, Dubrovnik, not to mention other crimes in the field of corruption and robbery of its own citizens.
Well done to the prime minister, because no matter how this episode ends, he made a move that, even if he is left without the throne in a few weeks, writes him into the book of significant leaders of Montenegro - he made a decision aware of the specific moment in which this Government is being overthrown by all , both position and opposition, both environment and center, and no one perceives it as their own.
Me neither. But, I repeat - good for the prime minister.
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