Since Saturday, many things have happened. A fairly successful demonstrations - let's say an initial dent into the overall passivity of the broad masses. A slight hiccup of a young writer, who initiated an uncalled for criticism, unleashing quite an emotional debate among the opposition, later to renounce his accusations.
What becomes more and more apparent is, how Slovakia has a crippling division in its political movements. One of the reasons is, that the country strongly lacks a lack of the right political stuff. Or perhaps; an effective political instinct.
My own personal connections, whether it is with NGOs, political figures, analysis of political trends or otherwise, gives me some insight, which is far from understandable. Currently struggling with a government, which in most western countries would not pass any acceptance test, one earnestly wonders, how effectively the current ministers hold public into a grip by means of merely populist rhetorics. Leaving aside personal differences of opinion of individual analysts of the recent developments, there is a certain consensus regarding what the disease is, but not the cure; how to effectively halt the rather dengerous trends, ultimately, how to mobilise oppostition.
Some steps could be very obvious - yet none of them makes them, forces them to be made and the like. There is a continuous state of indecisiveness or maybe a slight lack of courage. In my humble opinion, there were two perfect moments in the past month, which could have perfectly worked for the opposition. Yet, they slipped away. When asking for some stake-holders' views, they were a bit disappointing. Wondering, whether they had a real interest after all.
Politics certainly is not very easy. One needs definitively strong nerves, a good fighter's instinct. Simply good political 'stuff'. But that, is what is somewhat lacking. Therefore, the crowds will hardly be mobilised in sufficient numbers. One can only hope for a supernatural miracle.
MS
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