Vučić's candidate for mayor, Aleksandar Šapić, would expel Tito from Belgrade. Once again, he showed that, in addition to everything else, seeing the bigger picture is not his strong point either
Aleksandar Šapić is again running for mayor of Belgrade, so in case he wins, he announced that he will start an initiative to the remains of Josip Broz Tito were moved in Kumrovec. It's great that he opened his soul and in a timely manner not only once again showed the degree of his inability to grasp some things, but also confirmed his political position.
It is clear that monuments represent symbols. Although remains will rot under a block of marble as much as under a hastily assembled cross, headstones and burial sites can convey a specific message.
A Tito was for the whole world, for the East as well as for the West, above all a symbol of the fight against fascism. Whoever joins the ranks of those who oppose the fight against Hitler, Mussolini, Horti, Pavelić or Ljotić and their allies, joins the ranks of fighters against the anti-fascists. What can be a fighter against anti-fascism? Fascist? A neo-fascist?
What would Šapić want to achieve with this exhumation? To perform an exorcism on Dedinja, burn Belgrade, banish the communist vampire? His idea is roughly at that level, as clear as many others.
I testify that all over the world, Serbs were thought of first and foremost when Yugoslavia was talked about in a positive light and with a dose of admiration even after the First World War, and especially after the Second World War. It wasn't fair, Slovenians, Croats, Montenegrins, Macedonians and other peoples and later nationalities who participated in the wars of either the kingdom or socialist Yugoslavia were neglected, but it was like that. Most of the partisan fighters under Tito's command were Serbs.
The House of Flowers, where Josip Broz was buried, is therefore a symbol of the magnificent victory and Serbian fighters against the greatest evil that threatened humanity during the last century.
Đorđe Petrović, who was called the black one, had volunteered for the Austrian army in the previous century, performed very well, and was soon promoted to the rank of corporal, then to an even higher rank - guardmaster. He used the military skills and experience he gained in warfare to lead the First Serbian Uprising.
In the last century, Josip Broz did not volunteer for the Austrian army, but was mobilized as a citizen of the then Austria-Hungary, and since he was an excellent swordsman, he won a silver medal in a competition, defeating many officers, and was promoted to corporal. He used the military skills and experience he gained to lead the People's Liberation Struggle in World War II.
Miloš Crnjanski, an undoubtedly significant Serbian patriot, was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, and shared the fate of Serbs who happened to be citizens of that country.
Admirers of Tito's struggle, the idea of self-government and non-alignment, will remain so even if they cannot visit the House of Flowers on Dedinje as his tomb. I don't know if they would rush to Kumrovec, but why not? It doesn't matter.
It is important for us who will be the next mayor of Belgrade. In my opinion, the capital of Serbia did not deserve to be headed by anyone who represents the views of Aleksandar Šapić.
And I would also like to know if this is about some of his hastily and recklessly put forward pearl of ideas, or if it is also the position of the Serbian Progressive Party, of which he is vice president.
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