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1<\/span> Oh, wow, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE got so scared of the non-affiliated citizens that they decided to change the Electoral Code of Conduct three months before the local elections. Cowardice par excellence. They saw the announcements for independent lists of mayors and councilors and decided to eliminate them right away. So, they let the Minister of Justice Bojan Maricic defend the changes in the law. It\u2019s the same Maricic who, before coming to power, used to amuse us with non-governmental stories about European values, held trainings on civic engagement, went on and on about democracy and interpreted the Constitution for the sovereignty of citizens. And now, comfortably protected by the ruling party, he\u2019s strutting from a position of power and says: “If the independent voters have support, they will obtain 2 percent of the registered voters in the municipality.” You don\u2019t say! If the party doesn\u2019t stand behind him, he won\u2019t be able to obtain even half a signature.<\/p>\n

Does Maricic’s boss, Zoran Zaev, remember whose votes were crucial for SDSM to come to power? With whose support did he topple a regime using only a pen? Does he remember that he barely managed to come to power, even with the support of the independent voters? Who helped him survive April 27, 2017 and push the referendum to change the name in 2018. None of this would have happened if Zaev had stayed only with his party soldiers and the clients from the public administration who changed their tune in favour of SDSM. The votes of the unaffiliated definitely meant a lot to him then. And what did Zaev do now? He sold the independent voters for a coalition with Hristijan Mickoski.<\/p>\n

2<\/span> Stubbornness is irrational, but a very key factor in Macedonian society. Does Zaev remember who was so stubborn in 2015 to go out “every day at 6” to change Gruevski\u2019s regime? Does he know how stubborn the voters from Centar were in the local elections in 2013 when they voted for Zernovski three times, even though he was a terrible candidate, despite the broken elevators and the voters from Pustec who were moved in there as their neighbours. Even the election of Stevo Pendarovski as president hung in the balance with such close results after the first round precisely because of the votes of the stubborn ones who decided to teach the government a lesson.<\/p>\n

So, maybe the independent candidates won\u2019t obtain 2 percent of the electoral roll necessary to appear on the electoral lists. Their votes probably won\u2019t go to VMRO-DPMNE, but they will certainly not go to the account of SDSM either. Those are people who had no choice in 2016, and supported SDSM to save themselves from Gruevski and because SDSM offered them a civic option. Now, scaring people that VMRO-DPMNE will return to power no longer works. Especially not at the local level where the SDSM government has shown that it practices the same policies it used to criticize. Plus, why would they scare the unaffiliated citizens that VMRO-DPMNE would return to power, when SDSM formed a coalition with VMRO-DPMNE to silence their voices?<\/p>\n

3<\/span> SDSM aren\u2019t as afraid of VMRO-DPMNE as they\u2019re afraid of the citizens, since it would be stupid to fear VMRO-DPMNE while Mickoski is their leader. And now they\u2019re even trying to convince us that it was according to the recommendation of the OSCE \/ ODIHR and that those were European practices\u2026 It\u2019s a “Mile, I have an idea\u201d kind of situation. We\u2019ll outwit them, we\u2019ll change the law quickly, we\u2019ll go on vacation, and then they\u2019ll forget.<\/p>\n

Alright then, since Maricic is so arrogant, acting all big and bad in front of the people who were his comrades until yesterday, let him collect signatures from 8 am to 4 pm, at civil servants who have been hired for their party merits or interventions. Even the guard who\u2019ll ask you “where are you going” when you go there to put your signature has been hired according to someone’s party list. And then their system will crash, then they\u2019ll go on a break, then it will be too hot for them to work, they\u2019ll be given the day off\u2026 The only thing missing is the number of people who have tested covid-19 positive to continue to grow, so Filipce would be able to complicate the protocols without any shenanigans\u2026<\/p>\n

Ahh, they\u2019ll laugh at their party headquarters, we really got them good this time, they really got carried away thinking they\u2019d make independent lists\u2026 If they could, they would collect signatures, but they can\u2019t. What can you do? That\u2019s democracy for you.<\/p>\n

What are they thinking? Bojan, I have an idea. We\u2019ll treat them like fools, and they won\u2019t even realize they are fools.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, taking people for fools will bring them joy. <\/p>\n

4<\/span>At the beginning of the campaign for the local elections in September 2017, at a rally in Bitola, the leader of SDSM Zoran Zaev promised: “The time of – Hey Mile, I have an idea, let’s put a fountain here \u2013 is over.”<\/p>\n

As for the party lackeys waiting to be hired in municipal offices, if you put the name of the neighbourhood stray dog on the ballot paper, they\u2019d circle it. However, the most difficult thing is to have loyal supporters of the party. Zaev would be happy had he kept his supporters from 4 years ago. That would mean that his mayors had done a good job. There would be no need to smuggle them like this in a fast-tracked procedure at 40 degrees in the summer and during the campaign for local elections, which has already started.<\/p>\n

If I were a member of SDSM, I mean a real social democrat by ideology, and not a client of the party, I\u2019d be afraid of this kind of practicing democracy. Tomorrow, when they\u2019ll want to change something, let them collect signatures in a complicated procedure under the watchful eye of their bosses. If you are a Democrat, then be a Democrat for everyone. You can\u2019t practice democracy with a show of force. It\u2019s not in vain that our people say – You can’t make something beautiful with force.<\/p>\n

Translated by Nikola Gjelincheski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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