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(Emperor's new clothes) Elections in Serbia: Orwel 2000
By Aleksandar Djaja The parliamentary elections in Serbia gave forth the
convincing victory of DOS, which won 176 out of 250 seats in the
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. However, after 'coming to
the streets', one realizes that the DOS victory is, actually, far from
convincing - only 58% of the voters cast their votes, which means that
DOS will be ruling Serbia after winning the mere 1/3 of the total number
of eligible votes. As for the voting process itself, it should be said
that none of the political parties, nor any of the many foreign
observers, had any serious objections, and one might draw an off-hand
conclusion, that the elections were both regular and peaceful. The truth
is quite different, though. The events in the past three months, and
during the "election silence" in particular, were anything but regular!
Namely, never in the past ten-odd years since the renewal of the
parliamentary life in Serbia, the media have played such a perfidious
and shameful role, favoring one side (this time, the DOS), and
satanizing their political opponents. Never during the past ten years'
(and, possibly, during even a much longer) period, has appeared in this
region a political organization, based on the abuse of minors for
political purposes, and wrapped in a seemingly benign,
teenage-intellectual wrapping foil, such as the one named OTPOR.
Accidentally or not, by their own will, and/or by the will of the
experts for the subversive- and propaganda war from the western centers
of political power, the OTPOR through its pre-election, Orwellian, media
presentation, played possibly the crucial role in the intimidation of
the followers of SPS (the Socialist Party of Serbia) and of the other
political groups outside DOS, preventing them to freely express their
political notions in the 23rd October voting. The role of the so-called
"independent media", actually the strictly controlled printed and
electronic propaganda machine of DOS, in the election campaign was
three-fold. Firstly, to defame the former authorities, using all the
moral and (predominantly) immoral means, and half-truths (or,
half-lies). Secondly, to obscure, or rather to push into oblivion, the
last year's NATO aggression, while the NATO leaders, the war criminals
and the chief political and financial sponsors of the DOS campaign,
should not be just absolved for their war crimes, but even, if possible,
projected as the "victims" of the former "non-democratic regime", while
the aggression should be represented as the "necessary evil" which,
simply, was inevitable under "such a regime". And thirdly, the victory
of DOS at the parliamentary elections in Serbia should be trumpeted
daily as a "self-explanatory" fact, since otherwise even the Sun would
stop shining, while all the Serbs would be turned by the "civilized and
democratic West" into grasshoppers, or some other pests, and
pedantically sprayed by DDT every day, from airplanes... After all that
has come to us from the West in the past ten-odd years, indeed, our
average informed- and educated, but above-average tormented, fellow
countrymen were not hard to convince that even such a DDT option is
realistic. I wonder, how one might not believe our media, when even the
recent DOS co-minister (the term "co-minister" has not yet been
deciphered!) Ms. Biserka Matic, has coolly said that all the media in
Serbia are free, "except several of them, that have recently been
launched by the Socialists"(!??). Such demagoguery surpasses even the
old "Brozian" one, which the actual holders of the federal and republic
authority ostensibly disdain, while it conspiciously sticks out from
their, de-moth-balled "communist overcoat"? As for the technology of
vote casting, this time it was enriched by two novelties: the control
lamps, and the invisible dye sprays. O. K. We may disregard the fact
that voting like this one has not been seen anywhere, at least not in
the Western Europe and in the United States, only in the Republic of
Srpska; we may disregard also the fact that by such "marking", the
voters actually were branded, if not like cattle than for sure as
"suspicious individuals" with a tendency towards thefts and other kinds
of criminal behaviors; finally, we may also disregard the fact that
nobody bothered to ask the citizens of Serbia whether they really wish
to be lighted by violet-colored lamps, like monkeys in the cage in a
zoo, and sprayed by the "invisible dye" like scabby dogs and cats? Yet,
we must ask those who, on our behalf, agreed to such a "circus", whether
such mockery was really introduced just to prevent any individuals to
vote twice (which nobody in Serbia has ever intended to, anyway)? Or,
more likely, the well-known international company that produces
flashlights, torches etc., has been encountering financial difficulties
lately, and wanted to earn some extra cash in Yugoslavia. Likewise, the
sprays with "invisible dye" might have contained the hair spray instead,
whose time has expired, and as such was perfect for the development of
democracy in Serbia. In such a way, we come also to the OTPOR. "From
birth to death, the member of the Party lives under the surveillance of
the Mind Police. Even if he is alone, he cannot know for sure whether he
indeed is alone. Wherever he is, in his dreams on in reality, at work
and at leisure, in the bathroom or in the bed, he can be watched without
knowing it, without any warning. Nothing that he does is irrelevant. His
friends, the way he takes his rest, his attitude towards his spouse and
children, the expression on his face when he is alone, the words he
murmurs in his sleep, even his characteristic body motions, are
painstakingly observed... He has no freedom of choice in any direction."
("1984", by George Orwel) Did the citizens of Serbia have a choice,
after October 5th, the setting on fire of the federal parliament
building, seizing the power by the revolutionary committees (the "crisis
staffs"), the fascinating single-mindedness of the media in the service
of a single political group (the "DOS-mindedness", as George Orwell
might say) unprecedented in this area since the communist-partisan
takeover in 1945, and the enormous media, political, economical and
military pressure by the western power centers, as the supreme
transmission of the DOS election campaign? Here I mean, the essential
choice between different political options, which results from a
conscientious assessment of both the analytically reexamined past, and
the anticipated future? Or, possibly, like anywhere in the West, in the
countries with the multi-decade old model of parliamentary democracy
(obviously, decrepit by now), the choice was only formally offered as
the "grand finale" of the pre-election multi-media spectacle, which is
related to the reality as closely as Disneyland is to the hungry
children in the less fortunate parts of the world. The OTPOR, placarding
during the election campaign its symbol, the black-and-white clinched
fist (!), using billboards located at the busiest intersections in the
city, posters and TV spots, newspaper advertisements, even the floor of
a basketball arena (!), not only annulled the democratic election
procedure, but also lead to a paroxysm the, otherwise natural,
aspirations of the young people for changes in the everyday life. By its
three main slogans, "We are just watching you", "Stamp it!", and "Use it
(your brain)", this organization which had trumpeted the decisive role
of the young generation in the decisions regarding both their, and
other people's lives - actually established the role of the Dogma, as
the (dark) driving force, which is above life and above the destiny of
any individual. Who was the OTPOR "just watching", and at whom was the
bulldozed (from the billboards) aimed at, all set to crush any passer-by
that has different political views? What (and who) was to be "stamped"
at the December 23rd republic elections in Serbia? Why was, for this
purpose, used the notorious gangsters' idiom, with a well-known
connotation? As for those 2/3 (two thirds!) Serbian citizens, who either
have not voted, or voted for the "others", the OTPOR's message is that,
since they do not know how to "use their brains", they will their brains
"reconditioned" at OTPOR's expense. And at who's expense was organized
and directed the obvious "abuse of minors for political purposes",
unprecedented in the modern democratic world? And how long is its
lifetime? Or such question is already outdated. It is not sufficient to
say that the parliamentary elections for the National Assembly of the
Republic of Serbia of 23rd of December have a shadow of doubt over
them. They are a shadow. ---
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(Emperor's new clothes) Elections in Serbia: Orwel 2000
By Aleksandar Djaja The parliamentary elections in Serbia gave forth the
convincing victory of DOS, which won 176 out of 250 seats in the
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. However, after 'coming to
the streets', one realizes that the DOS victory is, actually, far from
convincing - only 58% of the voters cast their votes, which means that
DOS will be ruling Serbia after winning the mere 1/3 of the total number
of eligible votes. As for the voting process itself, it should be said
that none of the political parties, nor any of the many foreign
observers, had any serious objections, and one might draw an off-hand
conclusion, that the elections were both regular and peaceful. The truth
is quite different, though. The events in the past three months, and
during the "election silence" in particular, were anything but regular!
Namely, never in the past ten-odd years since the renewal of the
parliamentary life in Serbia, the media have played such a perfidious
and shameful role, favoring one side (this time, the DOS), and
satanizing their political opponents. Never during the past ten years'
(and, possibly, during even a much longer) period, has appeared in this
region a political organization, based on the abuse of minors for
political purposes, and wrapped in a seemingly benign,
teenage-intellectual wrapping foil, such as the one named OTPOR.
Accidentally or not, by their own will, and/or by the will of the
experts for the subversive- and propaganda war from the western centers
of political power, the OTPOR through its pre-election, Orwellian, media
presentation, played possibly the crucial role in the intimidation of
the followers of SPS (the Socialist Party of Serbia) and of the other
political groups outside DOS, preventing them to freely express their
political notions in the 23rd October voting. The role of the so-called
"independent media", actually the strictly controlled printed and
electronic propaganda machine of DOS, in the election campaign was
three-fold. Firstly, to defame the former authorities, using all the
moral and (predominantly) immoral means, and half-truths (or,
half-lies). Secondly, to obscure, or rather to push into oblivion, the
last year's NATO aggression, while the NATO leaders, the war criminals
and the chief political and financial sponsors of the DOS campaign,
should not be just absolved for their war crimes, but even, if possible,
projected as the "victims" of the former "non-democratic regime", while
the aggression should be represented as the "necessary evil" which,
simply, was inevitable under "such a regime". And thirdly, the victory
of DOS at the parliamentary elections in Serbia should be trumpeted
daily as a "self-explanatory" fact, since otherwise even the Sun would
stop shining, while all the Serbs would be turned by the "civilized and
democratic West" into grasshoppers, or some other pests, and
pedantically sprayed by DDT every day, from airplanes... After all that
has come to us from the West in the past ten-odd years, indeed, our
average informed- and educated, but above-average tormented, fellow
countrymen were not hard to convince that even such a DDT option is
realistic. I wonder, how one might not believe our media, when even the
recent DOS co-minister (the term "co-minister" has not yet been
deciphered!) Ms. Biserka Matic, has coolly said that all the media in
Serbia are free, "except several of them, that have recently been
launched by the Socialists"(!??). Such demagoguery surpasses even the
old "Brozian" one, which the actual holders of the federal and republic
authority ostensibly disdain, while it conspiciously sticks out from
their, de-moth-balled "communist overcoat"? As for the technology of
vote casting, this time it was enriched by two novelties: the control
lamps, and the invisible dye sprays. O. K. We may disregard the fact
that voting like this one has not been seen anywhere, at least not in
the Western Europe and in the United States, only in the Republic of
Srpska; we may disregard also the fact that by such "marking", the
voters actually were branded, if not like cattle than for sure as
"suspicious individuals" with a tendency towards thefts and other kinds
of criminal behaviors; finally, we may also disregard the fact that
nobody bothered to ask the citizens of Serbia whether they really wish
to be lighted by violet-colored lamps, like monkeys in the cage in a
zoo, and sprayed by the "invisible dye" like scabby dogs and cats? Yet,
we must ask those who, on our behalf, agreed to such a "circus", whether
such mockery was really introduced just to prevent any individuals to
vote twice (which nobody in Serbia has ever intended to, anyway)? Or,
more likely, the well-known international company that produces
flashlights, torches etc., has been encountering financial difficulties
lately, and wanted to earn some extra cash in Yugoslavia. Likewise, the
sprays with "invisible dye" might have contained the hair spray instead,
whose time has expired, and as such was perfect for the development of
democracy in Serbia. In such a way, we come also to the OTPOR. "From
birth to death, the member of the Party lives under the surveillance of
the Mind Police. Even if he is alone, he cannot know for sure whether he
indeed is alone. Wherever he is, in his dreams on in reality, at work
and at leisure, in the bathroom or in the bed, he can be watched without
knowing it, without any warning. Nothing that he does is irrelevant. His
friends, the way he takes his rest, his attitude towards his spouse and
children, the expression on his face when he is alone, the words he
murmurs in his sleep, even his characteristic body motions, are
painstakingly observed... He has no freedom of choice in any direction."
("1984", by George Orwel) Did the citizens of Serbia have a choice,
after October 5th, the setting on fire of the federal parliament
building, seizing the power by the revolutionary committees (the "crisis
staffs"), the fascinating single-mindedness of the media in the service
of a single political group (the "DOS-mindedness", as George Orwell
might say) unprecedented in this area since the communist-partisan
takeover in 1945, and the enormous media, political, economical and
military pressure by the western power centers, as the supreme
transmission of the DOS election campaign? Here I mean, the essential
choice between different political options, which results from a
conscientious assessment of both the analytically reexamined past, and
the anticipated future? Or, possibly, like anywhere in the West, in the
countries with the multi-decade old model of parliamentary democracy
(obviously, decrepit by now), the choice was only formally offered as
the "grand finale" of the pre-election multi-media spectacle, which is
related to the reality as closely as Disneyland is to the hungry
children in the less fortunate parts of the world. The OTPOR, placarding
during the election campaign its symbol, the black-and-white clinched
fist (!), using billboards located at the busiest intersections in the
city, posters and TV spots, newspaper advertisements, even the floor of
a basketball arena (!), not only annulled the democratic election
procedure, but also lead to a paroxysm the, otherwise natural,
aspirations of the young people for changes in the everyday life. By its
three main slogans, "We are just watching you", "Stamp it!", and "Use it
(your brain)", this organization which had trumpeted the decisive role
of the young generation in the decisions regarding both their, and
other people's lives - actually established the role of the Dogma, as
the (dark) driving force, which is above life and above the destiny of
any individual. Who was the OTPOR "just watching", and at whom was the
bulldozed (from the billboards) aimed at, all set to crush any passer-by
that has different political views? What (and who) was to be "stamped"
at the December 23rd republic elections in Serbia? Why was, for this
purpose, used the notorious gangsters' idiom, with a well-known
connotation? As for those 2/3 (two thirds!) Serbian citizens, who either
have not voted, or voted for the "others", the OTPOR's message is that,
since they do not know how to "use their brains", they will their brains
"reconditioned" at OTPOR's expense. And at who's expense was organized
and directed the obvious "abuse of minors for political purposes",
unprecedented in the modern democratic world? And how long is its
lifetime? Or such question is already outdated. It is not sufficient to
say that the parliamentary elections for the National Assembly of the
Republic of Serbia of 23rd of December have a shadow of doubt over
them. They are a shadow. ---
Bollettino di controinformazione del
Coordinamento Nazionale "La Jugoslavia Vivra'"
Sito WEB : http://digilander.iol.it/lajugoslaviavivra
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