The article is written by Mr Miraš Dušević.
Not only by actions, decisions, control of everything that the Government is doing, DPM Dritan Abazović is clearly sending a signal that he has the ambition to take over the Prime Minister position from PM Zdravko Krivokapić, but he did it physically last night when he gave a statement for the BBC.
Symbolism.
Maybe NOT accidental.
Public comments are increasingly heard that PM Krivokapić doesn’t know how to lead the state apparatus, that he often changes his views, gives thoughtless statements, and has no authority to make decisions due to the influence of both politicians and the Serbian Orthodox Church.
It seems that the DPM Abazović has seen a chance to take the helm.
Mr Abazović, who is in charge of the security sector, judging by what the public has the opportunity to see and hear every day, wants a new position, the most important one. Even the Serbian media have given him the wind in his back by criticizing and attacking more and more PM Krivokapić. PM Krivokapić‘s attitude towards Mr Vučić, but also the fact that he demanded the resignation of Minister of Justice Vladimir Leposavić, have led the current Prime Minister to the situation that almost everyone wants to see him “outside the Prime Minister’s chair”. The Democratic Front (DF) is already publicly cheering for that.
In fact, the DF would expect Mr Abazović to be just a figure in a position of power, while the DF would try to strengthen its electorate and bring back some of the voters taken from them by the Democrats. In the end, the URA, whose voters openly express their dissatisfaction with the party leader’s policy, would politically have the worst of it. Whether Mr Abazović‘s ambition to be the head of the Government will be stronger than the planned long-term positioning and strengthening of the URA, time will tell.
