Does anyone believe that the Constitutional Court made a decision on its own to declare the government's decree on halting the "Jadar" project unconstitutional? Has anyone seen any minister who is unhappy with that? Is there even one case where the Constitutional Court passed any act that is not in favor of the regime?
Of course, every answer is negative. The Constitutional Court has no deadlines. Eminent lawyers say that the case may come to a decision "in two days or ten years." Everything depends on the political will, that is, the interests of the government.
In December 2021, when he saw that road blockades due to lithium mining were undermining his electorate, Aleksandar Vučić made the decision to stop the project faster and better, even though he publicly promised that he would never allow such a thing. He changed his mind again after a little more than two and a half years. And why not: the opposition is in disarray, citizens are tired of failed protests, the public is apathetic, and the progressive electorate is once again obedient.
The Constitutional Court is just a tool here. After all, like most institutions. That's why academician Vladica Cvetković is right when she says that you shouldn't pay attention to the government's statements. They do not see themselves as someone who should inform and initiate the widest social dialogue. It is theirs - they are absolutely convinced - exclusively to order.
The problems of Kosovo and lithium share the same fate - today one can, tomorrow another, and everything depends on the political situation and PR. Arguments, facts and compromise solutions based on them have no significance for the regime. What it does have are the bare interests of its bearers.
SS in Novi Sad
The Constitutional Court "spoke" in Belgrade, and a group of chauvinists with neo-Nazi characteristics in Novi Sad. On the International Day of Remembrance of the Genocide in Srebrenica, a certain organization called "Serbian Falcon" - the abbreviation SS - came to Freedom Square to "mark the anniversary of the liberation" of this Bosnian town.
Again, no one is overly surprised. And how would he be after the whole tragicomedy with the flag wrapped around him during the voting in the United Nations and the government building during the TV broadcast from New York, the All-Serbian Parliament...
If it's any consolation, at least in Novi Sad there were more opponents of the SS chauvinist pyre - with Mladić's picture on the flag of Republika Srpska - than its participants. In fact, the latter were guarded by the police.
Although the government in Serbia does not recognize the genocide in Srebrenica, it does not deny that a gruesome war and crime against humanity took place there. That's why one question cries out to heaven. It reads: when the regime saw fit to ban the "Mirdita, good day" festival, how come it allowed a chauvinist orgy in Novi Sad where they mock the victims of Srebrenica, their families and every honest person?
The inscription "We are not a genocidal nation" makes sense only after the Novi Sad bilzes. The vast majority of Serbs really have nothing to do with them.