While the vote on the Resolution on Srebrenica was taking place in the General Assembly of the United Nations, the President of Serbia acted like a fan who cannot watch the execution of a crucial penalty. Specifically: he buried his face in the national tricolor
The reader knows – The resolution on Srebrenica was adopted. 84 countries voted in favor, 19 were against, and 68 did not express their opinion. Aleksandar Vučić breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged congratulations with Marko Đurić. If he didn't win on the East River, he can claim that he didn't lose either. Namely, the Resolution was accepted, but the majority was absent.
A little later, Vučić draped himself in the flag of Serbia - much like fans at matches and participants in outdoor political gatherings. The UN General Assembly has seen everything so far, so this is nothing special. What it really is, was demonstrated by the state leadership of Serbia. All as one, they collectively watched the broadcast from the United Nations, draped in flags, in the same way as the head of state in New York. Nothing similar has ever been recorded in the country - neither when Milosevic signed the Dayton Agreement in 1995, nor when General Svetozar Marjanović signed the Kumanovo Agreement in 1999, and especially not when Dacic certified the first Brussels Agreement in 2013.
Maybe all this is not without foundation. Unlike the Resolution on Srebrenica, the three listed agreements also had a binding character.
Vučić will now celebrate a moral victory - his diplomatic struggle with powerful powers has borne some fruit. Immensely brave, determined and ready for personal sacrifice, he went with his head where others wouldn't. Like King Lazarus, he assumed the kingdom of heaven to be earthly.
No one should doubt that the regime media - that is, about 90 percent of the market - will portray Vučić as a great moral winner. At the same time, the Resolution on Srebrenica will serve him for national homogenization, especially before the elections. Ministers draped in banners with Ana Brnabić showed what she looks like. That's why in the coming period he has to itch himself to exhaustion, whine about injustice, double standard, anti-Serb conspiracy of the powerful, divide the world into friends and enemies... Church bells will ring, protesters brought in by buses will applaud and chant.
Everything will be there, but one will not be there. And that is to make it clear and loud to the public that the Resolution on Srebernica did not declare the Serbs a genocidal nation. Also, that the people convicted of this crime have names and surnames. The most famous are Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić, whom Vučić personally knew very well. They were convicted of genocide, not the Serbs, Serbia and Republika Srpska. By the way, if anyone imposed collective responsibility on their own people, it was the progressive government with its campaign related to the Resolution on Srebrenica. There is hardly a single ghost from the nineties that hasn't more or less reappeared.
What will happen next?
Like many similar things, the Resolution on Srebrenica will disappear from the government's agenda in due course. Vučić and the team, when they find it convenient, will turn to EXPO 27, the reputation that Serbia has in the world, the respect of its president... However, what remains strikes fear into the bones. And that is that Ratko Mladić will be known as a Serbian hero for an increasing number of young people - and not only them - from now on. It is well known that everything else goes along with this and what consequences it leaves.
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The regime's retaliation will be dire if the resistance falters. Now they want to imprison the people who talked about overthrowing the government because they were supposedly overthrowing the state. But the state was hijacked and overthrown by the regime a long time ago
The Ministry of Public Investment submitted a request for a building permit for the construction of a new building for the Belgrade Philharmonic. Given that it is known that the project is too expensive and that there is no money for it, it seems that this too is just another colorful lie
The knee-jerk Supreme Being trusts in the local elections in Kosjerić and Zaječar. It must not be forgotten that for 13 years he poured heavy poisons, especially in the province, and that detoxification is a long and painful process.
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