Opinion

The great responsibility of Dritan Abazovi.

The great responsibility of Dritan Abazovi.

By Enver Robelli / For Abazovic, it would probably be the end of his political career if he changed camp and joined Djukanovic. But Djukanovic's refusal does not mean that Abazovic blindly joins the pro-Serbian and pro-Russian parties and plays with fire. Today Abazovic, together with the main Montenegrin opposition parties, announced in a statement that the new government will respect international agreements (namely: NATO membership is not in question and probably not even the cancellation of the recognition of Kosovo by Montenegro, although as much as Abazovi duhet must state clearly and personally), two: that Montenegro will stay on the path to European Union integration, three: the new government will be an expert government including ethnic and religious minorities.

These words must become deeds. Joining the government with the pro-Serb and pro-Russian parties is a dangerous adventure, so Dritan Abazovi përgjegj's responsibility is extremely great. Some of his public appearances are disgusting, for example in a debate he said that Skanderbeg is a Serb with mother and father. A statement that is scandalous, idiotic, untrue. Abazovic should distance himself from these statements and apologize.

Well-known Serbian publicist Slavi La Leki shk wrote on Twitter: "Matija Beçkovi Po (Serbian ultranationalist writer and Albanian tooth-eater, vj) is saying: 'If Dritan Abazovi,, the leader of the URA coalition, came to Belgrade tomorrow, the Serbian youth would take him in their arms' . True! They would carry it in their hands to Batajnica. With Matijan at the top of the column. As in the 90s.

Dritan Abazovic's future coalition partners in the Montenegrin parliament have been notable for their anti-fascist anti-Albanian speeches. Abazovic cannot erase this dark chapter. He must set clear conditions to enter government. Otherwise it will be remembered only as a Trojan horse of a Russian-Serbian project to destabilize the region.

Montenegro is an important neighbor of Albania and Kosovo. Despite the mistakes and vices at the beginning of his political career, Milo ukukanoviu turned his back on Slobodan Miloiqevi regj's regime in the late 1990s. During the NATO attacks, Djukanovic sheltered Serbian opposition leader Zoran Djindjic and opened the borders to shelter refugees from Kosovo - despite the great dangers posed by Belgrade. Djukanovic was the first Balkan politician to apologize to the Republic of Croatia in 2000 for the participation of Montenegrin soldiers (as members of the Serbo-Yugoslav army) in the 1991/92 bombing of Dubrovnik. By recognizing Kosovo as an independent state, Djukanovic showed great courage - a courage that Albanians should cherish forever.

Djukanovic did not stay in power exclusively because of the "capture of the state", as his political opponents say, including Abazovic, but because Djukanovic is neither a medieval nationalist, nor a Balkan racist, nor an ideologue. And because for years he successfully faced a chaotic, anti-Montenegrin and pro-Serbian opposition, which sometimes promises unification with Serbia, sometimes demands that Montenegro be a Russian province, sometimes sounds the alarm bells in parliament for him recalling NATO's "unjust" attacks in 1999.

Djukanovic is a pragmatic politician who with professionalism and political skill managed to include members of minorities in the co-government. Bosniaks and Albanians also hold high positions in his party. All these are facts and even Dritan Abazovi mund cannot undo them with his often demagogic speeches. He may be right with his criticisms of misgovernance and corruption, he has a legitimate right to demand a change of government after three decades under Djukanovic, but that does not entitle him to blow up a state by infiltrating adventures with Belgrade and Moscow and with beards poppies stained with the blood of victims of Serb hegemony.

Rarely has a politician of Albanian descent in the Balkans had so much responsibility in making political decisions. Dritan Abazovic is facing a crucial moment not only in his political career. He can take a first step: apply to be Montenegro's foreign minister and pay his first visit to Kosovo. This would be a proper step. The other way leads to Matija Beçkovii, that big-bodied, Serb-eating Albanian.