Photo: Tanjug/Sava RadovanovićHow and why, in the midst of national mourning, Vučić was declared the biggest victim in the country, what it means and what the consequences will be
Aleksandar Vučić and his regime are not responsible for the massacres in Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School and the surroundings of Mladenovac; such tragedies also occur in incomparably better organized countries than Serbia. However, the government bears responsibility for affirming bare force, weapons, hate speech, reality rhetoric, arrogance, political voluntarism, aggression and obedience.
Citizens feel it well. They know that their children need 1200 psychologists and pedagogues more than 1200 policemen. They are aware that spreading panic, threatening and calling for the death penalty is not the answer to the unspeakable pain and trauma of society. They realize that ad hoc decisions on the nervous basis of one person cannot replace an efficient system and social dialogue. It is breaking before their eyes that Serbia needs completely different "shows" than those with masked, armed special forces, and many other things, quite the opposite of what they have been watching and listening to for days.
And how far the regime's insensitivity and contempt of its own citizens go, demonstrated Aleksandar Šapić. Instead of being among the first to lay a wreath and light a candle in front of Ribnikar, the mayor invites citizens to pay their respects to the victims under his window in the City Assembly. Belgrade can hardly remember a more shameless and painful gesture than this one.
Šapić acts as part of an attempt to control the damage after the catastrophic and deeply disturbing reaction of the authorities to the tragedies in Ribnikar and the surroundings of Mladenovac. The meeting of the Executive Board of the Serbian Progressive Party testifies to what this is all about: in the midst of national mourning, Vučić was declared the biggest victim in the country, so because of the "blackmail and lies of political scum" and "hyenas" he is ready to extraordinary parliamentary electionand maybe resign. What does all this mean? Nothing else but that the progressives initiate a total mobilization of the membership and supporters through new divisions, spreading fear, raising tensions, hatred, inciting the people and similar practices, so well known from "recent history". The slogan is clear - what black empathy and piety while Vučić's rating drops!
The two consequences of the above are perfectly clear. The police can confiscate weapons, and the courts can punish, but Serbia's disarmament has nothing to do with it. The second consequence is even more disastrous - society will not face the demons that paved the way for decades to tragedies in Ribnikar and the surroundings of Mladenovac, so the only question that remains is when they will again open the door to pain, misery and suffering.
Good night Serbia and good luck...
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Why didn't the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, go to light a candle and lay a flower in front of the elementary school "Vladislav Ribnikar", but instead tried to direct the citizens expressing pain, grief and sympathy under his window?
