Parliament is not a dumping ground for bulky waste, with gunmen, mindless singers and weavers sitting in it.

(dubrovacki.slobodnadalmacija.hr)

Come on, think for a second, if someone addressed you as - Honorable Member of Parliament, Honorable Member of Parliament... What do you think, is that person joking with you or is he serious? I'm not sure.

I won't lament Tuđman's time, but back then the weakest link in Parliament was perhaps Stjepan Sulimanec. A modest man, twice a political prisoner, a true people's tribune - simple-minded but morally upright. A patriot in the true sense of the word and indeed - a respected parliamentarian. And today in the same Parliament sits - Dabro, a gunfighter and a carefree singer. A little further from him is the weaver Miro Bulj, and a few benches further on is the regrettable minister Marin Piletić, who, according to the official explanation, was returned to Parliament because he was tired.

Does anyone ask you if you're tired, offer you a few thousand euros in salary, an apartment in Zagreb, and travel expenses to take a break? Decent people go to Crans Montana, to Val Thorens, and people like me are kicked off the couch. But to send you to rest in the Croatian Parliament, you need more luck than intelligence.

I don't mind that a minister went to Parliament once. Although I should be concerned to learn that a minister whose law was struck down by the Constitutional Court because it was stupid and unconstitutional will sit in the highest legislative body of the Republic of Croatia. Once again, that a person proven incapable of proposing a good law that is in line with the Constitution will decide on our laws in the highest legislative body. But what really bothers me and what proves the bizarre understanding of the role of a politician is the explanation that Piletić is tired, so he will now go to Parliament. To rest his brain, soul and body. To raise his hand as his party tells him and freely talk nonsense because he is - a respected member of Parliament. If he messes up, he is protected by immunity from the law. The law does not apply to him, unless he really goes overboard. All for a modest salary of 4000 euros + fees and expenses.

Piletić is a healthy and normal man, so he could easily do something himself and earn money. With Josip Dabro, things are a little more complicated. He was born in Belgrade. His uncle and grandfather (the Kovačevićs) persecuted Croats and Bosniaks throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in the area of ​​Derventa and Doboj as members of the Army of Republika Srpska, Nikola Kajkić has claimed publicly on several occasions, and Dabro has never denied it. It is completely clear to me that this left him with a trauma that today makes him want to be seen as a pure-blooded Croat, a debonair Ustasha. Vojo Šešelj likes to be seen as a Serb in the same way.

Those blood cells are the devil, and that's why I feel sorry for both of them. But, whichever political option you support, you'll agree, the Parliament should not be a sanatorium for the Republic of Croatia. Thank God, we have Croatia, and there are specialized institutions for such things. We also have hotels where ministers can rest. We don't need to stuff all that into the Parliament and turn it into a landfill for bulky waste, a political recycling yard, or a moral Grabovica. We need respected parliamentarians.