Members of Democrats, Mr Aleksa Bečić, Mr Boris Bogdanović and Mr Neven Gošović, attended the protest organized two nights ago by the “Resist“ movement, gathering barely 200 citizens. Members of URA Civic movement were also there, but DF, DEMOS, SDP or Socialist People’s Party members did not come.
Present leaders endorsed the protest but only formally.
Democrats didn’t organize their pre-protest as they did before. So, how’s the strongest opposition party supporting the protest this time? What’s the goal? They just listened to the speech of the one of “Resist” movement leaders, Mr Džemal Perović, and then left the assembly.
They claim to be supporting the protests although they didn’t take to the stage to convey some important messages to the citizens.
The fact none of the opposition members approached to make suggestions or proposals when Mr Perović invited them tells how non-synchronized the protest was.
Democrats, being the strongest opposition party, tried to play wisely. They just came to see to what extent citizens supported the protest. If everything goes well, they will take the credit. If not, at least they gave their support.
To sum up, the message was clear: there are no mass assemblies without political parties. It is known that protest started to wane when opposition members and “Resist” movement representatives signed the Agreement on Future.
That agreement doesn’t exist anymore as those who signed it fell out.
When everything was in the preparation phase, Mr Perović said to Duško Knežević to “mind his own business”. On Monday night, Knežević was the “star of the night”. Video screen on the stage showed Knežević on the phone with secretary of the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office, Nenad Vujošević.
Turnover, turning points, cries, clutching at straws, last try… All these words describe the strength of this protest.
The “Resist” movement – great fighters with no political influence, changed their strategy by inviting opposition leaders to join the protests. And then they drafted an agreement with clearly defined provisions only to deny everything saying that the agreement “isn’t a Bible”.
