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By Ljubomir Filipović, CdM observer
May “half of Montenegro” shudder
It’s been quite a while now that social networks users have recognized authoritarian instincts, malignant narcissism and Napoleon’s complex in the behavior of Deputy PM Dritan Abazović, and they also call him Little Duce. And not without reason. Mr Abazović is not an incompetent young man, on the contrary. He is just lazy and not brave enough to tackle real problems, so he resorts to populism. However, since people wouldn’t trust him if he started building a chapel on Lovćen, or wearing tricolors, he has been buying the “love of the people” with arrests. Under the guise of this society’s much-needed confrontation with a corrupt culture and organized crime, he unscrupulously judges people on Twitter before the court does it. The same thing happened this morning when he posted the news on his Twitter account about the arrest of people related to the abuse of the EU donation for the project of equipping border crossings. Namely, along with the news, Mr Abazović posted again his picture with his hand raised, which he called “the hand of justice” in a tweet. This time he threatened “half of Montenegro” which “doesn’t sleep” because his hand of justice has begun to work. The silence of the civil sector, which doesn’t see a threat in this and doesn’t see a destructive, authoritarian and undemocratic pattern of behavior, hurts a lot.
To be clear, let him make arrests, and let everyone who has done evil be tried. But don’t make monkeys of us with such public performances that spread fear, mistrust, and divisions in society.
Rigorous measures
After a two-month rampage of the pandemic, the Government has changed its PR tactics and went from defensive to offensive. The PM’s advisor for foreign policy Srećko Crnogorac accused the previous authorities of having deliberately caused the death of a large number of citizens. PM Zdravko Krivokapić announced the total lockdown of the country if the behavior isn’t changed in 2 weeks and the number of infected people isn’t reduced. Many have stated that this as a lockdown time planned to take place after the Nikšić elections. In the same video, he apologized for not wearing a mask during a religious ceremony, but not for participating in that irresponsibly organized event. Due to the situation in the country, PM summoned all mayors to a conference call, but was criticized by the Mayor of Podgorica, who saw political marketing in this move.
The new measures actually mean the continuation of measures in the most affected municipalities, but also the opening of military checkpoints or the assistance of the army in the streets – which wasn’t understood well.
Minister of Health met with the Ambassador of China at the handover of the donation of 30,000 Sinopharm vaccines. The lives of a total of 66 people are threatened at the Clinical Centre of Montenegro, while 28 patients of the Special Psychiatry Hospital in Dobrota have become infected with the virus.
Nikšić
Tensions have continued in Nikšić.
A suspect was taken in for the attempted murder of one of the guys who took part in the walk of the supporters of the For the Future of Nikšić list. Democrats stated that the car of one of their activists was set on fire. Parliament Speaker Aleksa Bečić also said that he was followed by military security.
The Patriotic-Comitas Union of Montenegro and the Liberal Party warned of some 1,000 double-registered voters.
Prosecuting Tuzi residents
The Police Directorate will, on the order of the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office, prosecute all responsible persons in companies and hospitality facilities from Tuzi who opened their premises in that municipality last Thursday in protest of the epidemiological measures imposed by the Ministry of Health, Pobjeda reported yesterday. Tuzi mayor Nik Đeljošaj will be questioned today for “calling for resistance”.
The rest
The 5th Podgorica Journalists’ Forum, which gathers representatives of important domestic and regional media, started yesterday. The gathering is organized by the Media Council for Self-Regulation of Montenegro, under the auspices of the Capital and the Secretariat for Culture. You can follow the event here.
The Faculty of Montenegrin Language and Literature (FCJK) hasn’t been paid a single euro by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports for almost two and a half months for the functioning of the institution, says the dean of this higher education institution Adnan Čirgić. This is evidence of political pressure on FCJK.
Support to Minister Bratić‘s comes through a salvo of support from the Republic of Srpska officials, due to Serbization and complete domination of the Cyrillic alphabet on social networks.
That’s all for today. Have a nice day.
