Good morning! The opposition didn’t manage to ensure majority for overthrowing the government and is now pinning all its hopes in the ‘reliable’ Democratic Front, DF. The EU seeks a stable majority which doesn’t exist, while the US Ambassador visited the CPC which has been discriminated against and is fighting to survive. Parliament refused to discuss a ban on displaying fascist symbols.
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Boastfulness and arrogance often hide impotence. The opposition was unequivocally defeated yesterday. But not from this weird ruling majority although the Democrats are gloating now, confirming the rule from the first sentence, imitating the opposition and playing alpha males in that macho clash. By displaying toxic masculinity, the Democrats hide their weakness and their cowardice as well. If they were alpha males as they present themselves in public, they wouldn’t be hiring their wives in public companies, for example.
The opposition has shown weakness, and they shouldn’t be ashamed of it. Gone are the days when boys hid their emotions. One should sometimes admit helplessness, gather strength and move on. What the opposition needs to learn is that it should not promise in vain. That’s what those in power are doing. So when they spend all their promises, they lose the election. The best method of opposition struggle is honesty and openness. It’s a terrain where the opposition always has an advantage over the government, just as the government possesses state resources to buy votes. In the paradoxical Montenegrin case, we have the opposition, which after a long period of being in power is having a hard time getting rid of the instinct telling them that they can control everything, and that’s what creates trust issues in voters who expect a lot from them.
But let’s get to the point – the government did not fall, although they promised us to have that one or two MPs. We should ask “where’s that one? ” everywhere we meet the submitter of the initiative, Rasko Konjevic. At least for some period of time.
Secondly, we should say clearly – your excuse suggesting that you’re relying on the initiative of the Democratic Front to shorten the tenure of this government is not good, as we know well that the Front’s promises are ephemeral.
Such unsuccessful initiatives only give space for our Prime Minister with no legitimacy to hold a triumphant news conference and wave with blank papers, promoting Milojko Spajic’s balconies in the sky, and spreading misinformation about the alleged $20 million spent for lobbying for this initiative.
Messages from the EU – Ubrzaj.me
Following yesterday’s intergovernmental conference with the Montenegrin delegation, Varhelyi clearly said that the EU reforms needed a stable government, a parliamentary majority and an Assembly that would back Montenegro’s progress, and that it was time to speed things up.
The Head of the EU delegation was even more specific and said that judicial reforms were at the very heart of Montenegro’s EU accession process. “They need to be given the highest priority, accelerated and consolidated,” Popa tweeted.
CPC needs out attention
US Ambassador, Judy Raising Reinke, met with Metropolitan of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church (CPC) Mihailo in Cetinje. The US Ambassador said that democratic governments must respect the rights of all religious communities.
At the same time, bishop Boris of Ostrog-Niksic appealed to the CPC, the Ostrog-Niksic Bishopric, citizens, worshippers and everyone who can help the Montenegrin Orthodox Church to donate funds. In his address, he stated that, since the new government was elected, the CPC has been struggling and that they haven’t received any help from the ministry in charge of relations with churches and religious communities for a year.
No place for antifascism in Parliament
Yesterday, the Parliament of Montenegro did not include in the agenda the proposal for the Law on the Prohibition of Fascist, Neo-Fascist and Military Nationalist Organizations and the Use of Their Symbols. 29 MPs voted in favor of it, 19 were against and 14 abstained.
The proposal was submitted by the Leader of the Liberal Party, Andrija Popovic.
That’s all for today. Until tomorrow.
Best regards,
Ljubomir Filipovic, CdM observer
