Thoroughly

We are talking about two impressions regarding the noise and fury surrounding the so-called The fundamental contract with the Serbian Orthodox Church... And the lack of thoroughness that accompanies it all.

So, the working version of the famous document that has been haunting this society for several years has been released to the public. One might think - how is it an orderly and happy society when these are their main problems.

The impression is that everyone somehow had an opinion immediately, before they could thoroughly read the published document. That kind of unison and choral singing never inspires confidence. Again, in those first announcements, no one clearly says what is problematic - only that it is unacceptable. Labels are also thrown around, but it has long been a small economy with the fastest growth here...

This prompted me to read the text carefully, even though I am not a legal expert, much less a church expert.

In the text of the contract itself, the impression is that there are no "landmines" or scams. More or less logical and simple things communicated in dry legal language, exactly what you expect from a contract. However, that impression does not apply to the text of the preamble, which, although not legally binding, is part of the contract. There, to put it simply, Montenegrin history is thoroughly falsified, among other things, by trying to encompass the entirety of its historical role and activities with the current name of the metropolis. There is no mention of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, which was also one of the historically undisputed names during the time of the Cetinje Metropolitanate.

Obviously, it was not possible to avoid the historical frustration that usually leads to such manipulations. As expected, basically.

In short, a government that pretends to be serious must not play with such things - the text of the preamble would have to be redacted once again, thoroughly...

But let's leave it to those who earn their living from it.

Let's look at the reactions from, conditionally speaking, the Montenegrin side, but also one illogicality, and the absence of a reaction on one interesting occasion from the other, Serbian side.

A bunch of resolute declarations appeared with astonishing speed, you could not read the announcements, which you did not need to read, they all looked like they were written by one hand. (Which is tragic for a public scene.)

Then followed a relatively meaningful party statement (signed with the Orwellian name of some obscure DPS commission), where, if nothing else, it was clear that they had finally read the text they were commenting on. And just for them to think, now there will be a quality public debate, Milo's Nazad echoed thunderously! As once Tito's Naprijed!, was not applied. And all the talk stopped. "When he tells the stars to burn..." Or to lower the tensions, whatever.

Now on that side we will have - the so-called fundamental silence. Or a rally against Milo. I'd rather bet on the former…

On the other hand, although in recent years all the political and public weight of the SPC in Montenegro was given by the late Metropolitan Amfilohije, it is simply amazing the ease with which the "continuators" of his work crossed out all that, thoroughly erased and forgot...

In the end, did Vučić "defeat" Amfilohi posthumously because he corrupted his comrades in one way or another, which is the way he could not communicate with the stubborn old man. I was not in their shoes when, once, they met with the metropolitan in some Eschaton city.

I'm not from that story, but it would be nice if one of Djedo's fans asked why it happened. Isn't it true that Đedo was anti-Serbian? If he was "correct", why did they so hastily erase everything that reminds him of him? Who is this service made for?

I simply believe that one fundamental contract is more important than all others. And that one is still waiting for us in an uncertain future. These days we marked ten years since the beginning of the negotiations.

Although, I am sure that there will not be this much noise on the public stage when Montenegro signs the basic agreement with the European Union...