A “Serbian world” on the croatian border – if Đukanović loses the elections, will Putin and Vucic take control of Montenegro?

All eyes are on the young Jakov Milatović, who could “defeat” the eternal Milo Đukanović in the second round of the presidential elections in Montenegro. Although he won the most votes in the first round of the presidential elections, if all his opponents support Milatović, and they certainly will, Đukanović will surely go down in history, writes Slobodna Dalmacija.

If Milatovic gets a presidential mandate, and the government, and not least, a large part of the media, is already run by a current closer that is closer to Belgrade and Moscow than to Brussels, is the idea of the famous “Serbian world”, which is nothing more than a euphemism for the great Serbia.

Experts on the Montenegrin political scene point out that Milatovic is a European in Russian attire.

Although a student of Oxford and an intellectual of liberal provenance, he was a minister in the pro-Serbian government, which was literally assembled by the Serbian Orthodox Church, headed by the famous Patriarch Amfilohije.

Jakov Milatovic played wisely in the campaign: he spoke out against divisions in society between proponents of Western politics and fans of Vucic and Putin, who are extremely powerful.

He recalled that his measures during his time as Minister had led to serious increases in minimum and average wages, which is a fact, and that these measures could threaten the economic stability of Montenegro in the long term.

The programme he implemented was called ‘Europe Now’, so it follows that Milatović will not question European integration or Montenegro’s membership of NATO? But, we repeat, no one is sure of that, because Jakov Milatović has clearly supported the Serbian Orthodox Church in its efforts to remain inviolable in Montenegro.

Milatović has certainly received a share of the votes of Montenegrin sovereigntists, who are at the top of the head of Milo Đukanović and his thirty-year reign, marked by major scandals, the common feature of which is political clientelism.

If Đukanović finally steps down from power, he will probably be exposed to police investigation and legal proceedings, so his clan, which is the right word when it comes to people he has tied to him for decades, will be doing everything in its power to keep him in the saddle.

That is why Milatović and Đukanović are facing an all-or-nothing fight until the last vote in the second round of the presidential elections.

On the one side, therefore, is the old political fox Đukanović, the biggest creditor for the restoration of Montenegrin statehood, and on the other is the young, educated, ambitious Milatović, who, according to his profile, could be the West’s favourite. But also a Russian Trojan horse. God knows who and what he is.

If we take into account the fact that Croatia is bordered to the east by Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and that anti-Western elements are trying to infiltrate or have already infiltrated all three countries, we will be ‘lucky’.

Let’s go in order: the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, has not categorically renounced the aggressor Putin, whom The Hague accuses, on the contrary, he constantly reminds that eighty percent of the serbian public supports his war in Ukraine, and even less so Milorad Dodik .

Following Vučić’s example, he opened the doors of the Republika Srpska wide open to (suspicious?) Russian capital.

A good part of the SDA leans towards Turkish politics, and although Recep Tayyip Erdogan is an old American player and his country a prominent NATO member, the “sultan” does not turn his back on Vladimir Vladimirovich. Sarajevo and Banja Luka have turned out to be indirect allies?

If Milatovic becomes the new Montenegrin President, and as such follows instructions from Moscow, Russia’s geopolitical influence in the region will be further strengthened.

The Montenegrin electorate has a difficult task: by voting for Đukanović, they will be supporting a chronic policy that is manifested in the networking of this small country exclusively with his halflings, who have taken control of the whole of society, from which they draw enormous capital.

By electing Jakov Milatović as head of state, the country can be taken to Europe, or, on the contrary, into the arms of the Russian bear, which is strangling freedom-loving peoples: Ukrainians, Georgians, Moldovans … What about the Montenegrins?/Slobodna Dalmacija/