By Andrej Nikolaidis, CdM columnist
You know those movies when you know who’s the murderer after 5 minutes of watching it even though director tries hard to make it uncertain for you? It’s how the boring previous negotiations on the future Montenegrin government look like.
Like, it’s tense, maybe this is going to happen, maybe that. But everyone actually knows everything: who they are, what they are and how they are. And you know the situation when you’re watching a movie and someone comes and tells you how’s going to end. One would normally get pissed off about that. But if it’s a movie whose ending everyone knows, and they know: who cares?
The Europe Now official, Andrej Milovic, did exactly that speaking in a TV show aired on A Plus TV last night.
Here’s what he said, “We shouldn’t amuse and burden the people about it. We should form a stable and pro-European government, and solve the citizens’ problems. I sincerely hope that the new government will comprise the Europe Now Movement, For the Future of Montenegro and Democrats, along with the ethnic minority parties. They should be the pillars of a stable and strong government and abide by the principles we presented”.
So, to reiterate what Milovic said, the government’s going to comprise the Europe Now Movement, former Front and Democrats. Along with the ethnic minority parties that are going to “join” the winners of the 2020 election. Milovic clearly said who would be part of the government, and who would take part in it. The artificial flowers on the table are also part of the shot, but the actors make up the scene. Well, welcome.
Milovic added that the former Front was desirable in the government “if they’re ready to respect the strategic determinations and refrain from opening the regional issues”.
No problem. Our strategic determination is the Serbian World, the Front is going to respect that.
In fact, they’re going to strongly contribute to the joint strategic determination from the position of minister of education. Because identity engineering is your second strategic priority.
And no, the former Front is not going to open regional issues, because they slow down the consolidation of the Serbian World. Don’t worry about that. Let’s stay with the B movie analogy until the end. When you remove the explosions, chase and fight scenes, and the occasional sex scene, what’s left is a simple, banal story.
Let go of what someone is saying, ignore all the subplots and side lines, which exist only to divert attention from the obvious trivial narrative. Watch the process. Let go of “what someone’s saying”. Follow what’s happening.
The new government speaks only about Europe. Not just now, but for three years already. For those three years, are we closer to Europe? We are not, we are rather further from it.
For those three years, although the government doesn’t mention it – are we closer to the Serbian World? Yes, we are. Closer and sinking deeper in it.
Did Aleksandar Vucic indirectly say that the Front must enter the government? He did. Did Spajic invite the Front in it after that? Yes, he did. Therefore, who actually sets up the government and where?
Was the Front once unacceptable for ethnic minority parties? Yes, it was. Do they accept them now? Yes, they do. Has the Front changed – except changing its name? No. But they’ll promise to change.
By normalising the Front’s participation in the government, the consolidation of the government established by the clerical counter-revolution will be symbolically completed. It is inevitable and it is better to happen sooner rather than later. Because torturing is not in anyone’s interest: least of all the tortured ones.
Assimilation is not illegal. No one – least of all the EU, USA and NATO – will defend you from assimilation.
Especially since there is no internal resistance. Resistance was stifled in petty compromises, each of which was more unethical and stupid. Everyone wants to be in power. Everything is acceptable to everyone. Only some are not acceptable to the authorities. But they hope they could become it one day.
This movie does not have a happy ending.
(The opinions and views of our columnists are not necessarily those of the editorial staff of CdM)
