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1<\/span> Even if Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski would rather forget Kochani, he\u2019ll be haunted by the tragedy at the illegal nightclub \u201cPuls\u201d, the 63 dead and more than 200 injured, for the rest of his term. Such was his luck, the greatest tragedy in modern Macedonian history occurred during his term. That said, he\u2019s got the historic chance to change the system precisely during his term.<\/p>\n

If he weren\u2019t so carried away by his own propaganda, which expects us to talk only about nice things, Mickoski would see all the irregularities, loopholes and criminal practices that led to this tragedy. Kochani wasn\u2019t an ordinary accident. It was a crime committed by a system that is deeply corrupt, from the lowest local level to the highest level of the state. Some will be convicted, others cleared of the charges, the trial will drag on, possibly into the term of some next government, but now it\u2019s no longer a question of the individual responsibility of the accused, but about what the Government and the ruling coalition will do, at both state and local level, to ensure that Kochani never happens again.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, even after nine months, there\u2019s been no change.<\/p>\n

A prime minister isn\u2019t expected to tell us how he personally feels, but what he\u2019s done to change the corrupt system. What he\u2019s done to free institutions from party captivity, from corruption, from \u201cmy people versus your people\u201d, from incompetent lackeys, and from local thugs protected by the party\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not his job to interpret the decisions of the Prosecutor\u2019s Office or the judiciary. It\u2019s not his job to tell journalists what they should write and how they should write it. It\u2019s not his job to tell the Assembly whether there should be inquiry committees or not. It\u2019s not his job to tell the opposition whether their leader is good enough or whether they should replace him<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mickoski interferes in everyone\u2019s business, except his own.<\/p>\n

His job is to provide good governance. To ensure that anything that could be described as a criminal practice doesn\u2019t lead to another Kochani.<\/p>\n

Look around you \u2013 from the various Winterlands pompously opened by municipalities like New Year\u2019s magic shows, yet operating illegally, to faulty hydrants in building entrances, lifts left unchecked for years, blocked parking lots and pavements, dubious hotels that somehow obtained permits, multi-storey garages where smoking is allowed, makeshift nightclubs in the middle of residential buildings, bridges that haven\u2019t been inspected for decades, unregistered vehicles on the roads, and boats on the lakes\u2026<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to jinx it, but the list of everything that could become another Kochani is alarmingly long.<\/p>\n

2<\/span> The prime minister won\u2019t have it easy. He can no longer hide behind excuses for inaction because now he holds power in the municipalities as well, which means he\u2019ll have to clean up from the lowest to the highest level. And if he starts cleaning up without discrimination, his own people will hate him too.<\/p>\n

Once he\u2019s done that, we can talk about nice things. Perhaps we might even rejoice. And then we\u2019ll remember him for the right reasons. But we certainly won\u2019t remember him for finishing third, behind Ireland and Denmark.<\/p>\n

2<\/span> Kochani was supposed to be a collective wake-up call.<\/p>\n

Nothing has changed. And who, exactly, is supposed to make changes? Do you really expect those changes to be delivered by MPs who couldn\u2019t muster the patience to listen to the parents of the children who died in the Kochani nightclub, during a session of the Inquiry Commission they barely agreed to convene?<\/p>\n

For nine months now, people have been out on the streets holding pictures of their children, and with comfort no longer possible, they\u2019re desperately seeking justice, and the MPs, who are supposed to be their elected representatives, are harassing them with procedural requests for breaks. Trying to buy time so they can call party headquarters and ask for instructions on what to think. Procedurally speaking, it would have been easier if that Inquiry Commission hadn\u2019t been held at all. They didn\u2019t even need to work. All they needed to do was claim their per diems, charge travel expenses, and show the parents some respect by listening to what they had to say.<\/p>\n

However, they are devoid of empathy. They\u2019re interested in nothing beyond party squabbles and petty point-scoring. As if the parents of the dead children hadn\u2019t already been drained by the family tragedy, the MPs are draining them even further. The same way they\u2019ve been draining the rest of us for almost 35 years now.<\/p>\n

Those are the very people expected to amend laws. These are also the people who will supposedly bring the European Union back home, since we can\u2019t join the EU.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re at the mercy of that amorphous mass. Whatever the party says and \u2013 that\u2019s where their personal opinions end.<\/p>\n

3<\/span> We\u2019ve found a creative solution to unblock negotiations with the EU.<\/p>\n

The Bulgarian government has fallen.<\/p>\n

4<\/span> When a government or ruling party publicly stigmatises journalists it dislikes, it should come as no surprise when a party member released from a mental hospital attacks a newsroom.<\/p>\n

How about we start writing only about nice things. Things considered nice only if the government says they\u2019re nice.<\/p>\n

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Translated by Nikola Gjelincheski<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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