What is a civilisational achievement for Pristina and who gave whom the oxygen? In the new episode of #CoupletChorusRebuttal listen in which atmosphere Parliamentary Questions passed?
A sitting at which MPs are supposed to perform a controlling role by directly asking questions to members of the Government is always a good indicator of the social climate. That is why we will not deal with the questions that the ruling majority addresses to the ministers in order to give them the opportunity to brag about their achievements without a time limit. We will have a look at the way they communicate. The head of the parliamentary group United Valley – Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak, Shaip Kamberi, a representative of the Albanian national minority in Serbia, asked about the continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština, and also asked the state to respond to hate speech against minorities. In this discussion, both the contents and the tone were not much of a surprise. The Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and the Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar are replying to the MP.
“The EU has always called on all political actors to get involved in actions that create and advocate an atmosphere conducive to reconciliation. In spite of such demands coming from the EU, we are witnessing frequent and unnecessary provocations that risk bringing the entire negotiation process back to the starting point. In the earlier period, the man in charge of provocations was Marko Đurić, but since he left for America, his role has been unfortunately taken over by President Vučić.”
“I guess we were all supposed to get the impression that you and the European Union are two peas in a pod, that you… What, are you threatening us? I don’t understand. Are we supposed to be scared now? Let me remind you of the things of life from our recent past. When you didn’t have PCR tests, who gave them to you, the European Union or Belgrade? [Or] when you didn’t have oxygen… Has the European Union given you a single vaccine? Do you even know what you want?”
“You are talking about hate speech, so where is Priština [when we talk about] hate speech. Well, for Priština, hate speech is a civilisational achievement. You are still [in a civilisational phase of] torturing, kidnapping and killing. Marko Đurić felt it best on his own skin. Do you want me to remind you of the scene when he was taken out and forced to parade through the streets of Prištin, dragged by a tie like a dog.”
The way that the executive speaks to MPs is not milder even when it comes to far less difficult topics such as the protection of Cyrillic alphabet. The independent MP Vladan Glišić and the Minister of Culture Maja Gojković.
“We must remember that the Declaration on the Protection of the Serbian People was announced in 2017, by the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party and the President of Serbia, and it was supposed to turn into the protection of the Serbian language and Cyrillic, however, it didn’t catch on. “
“One shouldn’t say the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party, but – the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, or the President of the Serbian Progressive Party. And the malice in asking questions… leave it for someplace else.”
In this convocation composed of 250 MPs, the opposition is represented by seven people.
For the Open Parliament, Mirjana Nikolić.