It was actually a duet, not a duel - a duo, not a duel. Djukanovic he wants so much Mandica in the second round, so that even from the first round it seemed to him - the second. It's okay, they're best when they're together, when they're focused on each other and jealous.
A small excursion into the popular mythology of socialist upbringing: I remember how the myth of Harlem, the invincible team of basketball wizards, "failed". In the beginning, namely, we didn't know that Harlem was an entertainment program, and that they brought with them a team that persistently wins, not to mention a joke. In short, these were not duels, but - duets. End of story. Whoever understood this, did not mention Harlem and "Harlemites" anymore. Because, even if it was basketball, it was a circus, not a competition. And this - even if it's political, it's still a circus.
The absence of a final debate in the run-up to the presidential elections is perhaps not so unusual in a society chronically deprived of meaningful debate. What is being marketed as a debate here is anything but. That is, a debate is, if you can consider it a debate, let's say football cheering. Or a choir competition. It's not just a question of one way or another of the candidate's strategy. Namely, they believe that they can be above everything, including logic. The problem is that the candidates do not expect punishment for sabotaging a good custom, that is, the televised debate of the candidates.
The assessment that President Đukanović left a not too convincing impression in the first debate probably played a decisive role.
In one moment of their acted duel/dramatic duet (on "their" televisions, with a view of Podgorica, and high) says Đukanović to Mandić, like that, full of discussion, clear, but also kind of caring - You are bothering the West, they said something about you not being in the government, you are not bothering me. Touching, basically. It's just that the embassies are about to be seized...
If this isn't an invitation to dance, I don't know what is.
As he is considerate and fair, he has no girlfriend... By the way, my acquaintance, a big fan of Đukanović, when he gets carried away in the ecstasy of proving the historical importance of his favorite, usually makes a point with a sentence he utters with bliss on his face: His soul is nowhere to be found...
Unusual and fun can be some so-called. common formulations. Language is most exciting when, in its glorious ambivalence, it says more (and more truthfully) than the speaker wants it to.
And only "a historical gap, for which neither you nor I are responsible"!
Charming, but is it really so? Or is this formulation a way for MĐ to present his and AM's story as part of some historical fatum, some super given that determines everything.
"Historical gaps" is a construct that usually hides disagreement with the spirit of the times. Politicians use it as a convenient alibi for their own inability to understand the processes taking place.
Both of them sang that "historical gap", just from different corners, and they literally exist politically thanks to that kind of social immaturity.
When he realizes that both are responsible, the job of "reconciliation" will be easier and more serious. That is why "reconciliation" (another dubious construct) is presented as something that can be "finished" only by the two of them. But who, did... That's how they imagine preserving tradition and building the future. Good luck... By the way, can "reconciliation" be a matter of agreement between two politicians? Like an annual budget or a coalition government? Who if not them...
The speed and ease with which the good-natured Đukanović can move from one crucial and historical story to a completely opposite, but equally crucial and historical, story is truly impressive.
Now he would also like to make peace. That's how Montenegro is. Whoever loses the election/job/rating would immediately prefer to make peace. Everyone should be Saint Peter, but when they weaken, when they are pressed by dusky hues. While they are in power, nobody thinks of peace in Montenegro.
Maybe that's why our hatreds and quarrels always seem more real and tougher than our reconciliations and exchanges.
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