I must note that they are also Abazovic "author's text" and Djukanovic polemical answer quite disappointing. If nothing else, it would be bad if people who hold the highest positions in a country show a little more knowledge, logic and decency in their public appearances. And eloquence, in the end.
In one of them, the tone is obscenely self-congratulatory, that is, it is clear that the real reason for the text is none other than one and following the best practices propaganda action. This "celebratory" text is full of superficial formulations - he believes that Montenegro is a less divided society after that famous signature, and claims that this act "permanently changed social relations for the better", and with the addition - "like no other act so far" . There are also "Protestants" (although they have no place here), and there is also resentment towards those who did not "stand in line to welcome historical decisions". Definitely - politicians must basically have a low opinion of those they address. Otherwise, they would have to come up with and pronounce it a little more solidly, and that, apparently, is not easy, there is no time...
The second one is obscene and excessively offensive - while reading the text you have the feeling that he is shouting - and then you realize that the only reason for this noise is to cover the elementary falsification of the recent past.
Some objections are in order - it is really foolish to simplify the consciousness of Balkan nationalism only to the issue of corruption. There is no doubt that such symbiosis is a functional mode, but the genesis of nationalisms is certainly much more complex both historically and psychologically. In that combination, corruption is more a consequence than a cause.
Heavy words are also used - high treason (not ordinary treason, please), and there is a key accusation, something that seems terrifying to a decent person - handing over national treasures into other people's hands...
Although Đukanović's reaction begins with the belief that Abazović is counting on the "shallow-mindedness and short memory of Montenegrins", it would be said that Đukanović also relies on the same. (Not since yesterday, the cynic would say.)
Because not everyone has forgotten that his government registered all Orthodox buildings in the country with the SPC, and signing one (nowadays actually meaningless) paper essentially looks like a lesser service to the SPC than what Đukanović once did. That Đukanović's "trade" with the then Metropolitan and the Serbian Orthodox Church lasted from the time when they were in the same front, and part of the money from cigarettes went to the construction of the temple... No one was disgusted then, it seems.
So his accusation of giving a national treasure to a church based in another country works more convincingly in his case than in Abazović's case. And whether that is also "high treason", we should ask members of the "critical thought" about which Đukanović cares so diligently. They must "tear him apart" in the texts when they remember that his government did it.
This is not the only detail that points to a tendency to forgery, but also to cynicism - what can we say about the homage to Montenegrin politicians (Đuranović, Žarković, Brajović, Orlandić) which he (on behalf of the then Belgrade and Milosevic in full force) humiliated and dethroned in a coup d'état. There is also the old imperial reflex that he determines who is a good Albanian and who is not. This polemical answer shows that with the political rating, the intellectual level also falls.
A little more about the unbearable ease of forgery...
"Montenegro confirmed its openness, humanity, self-sacrifice, solidarity in the wars of the 90s and in the bombing of the FRY in 99."
Proven mechanism of deception - stick a piece of falsehood to one line of truth. Therefore, Montenegro did show what Đukanović is talking about in 99, at the time of a clear departure from Milošević, but in the wars of the 90s, it did not show any of that. On the contrary (led by Đukanović), it was part of a shameful war, we had deportations, very specific support for genocide, Karadžicevo decorations for the then Montenegrin champions...
Đukanović accuses Montenegrins of being "shallow-minded" and Abazović of being a "pathological liar".
And what does he see when he looks in the mirror?
(The next issue of Art will be published on Saturday, September 2.)
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