An important socio-political experiment is underway in Skopje: will the citizens and the City succeed in surviving their mayor Danela Arsovska who refuses to communicate with the public through the usual channels, through the City Council and through the wide range of media that, like this , have almost no normal access to it?

The results of this experiment will not only have practical value for the situation in the city, but will also be important for political and communication theory in general. It may turn out that ignoring the public from a position of executive and political power is a productive way of running public affairs, which includes spending public money… Or not?

Whatever the outcome, that experiment will have consequences for VMRO-DPMNE, whose (supported) candidate for mayor six months ago was Ms. Arsovska. Her arrogance was felt last week by prof. Trajko Slaveski, who is not only its democratic "boss" as president of the City Council, representing his party, but also an example of a tolerant and civilized politician in this emaciated personnel political climate - the ignorance of the mayor, Slaveski rightly he also feels like a personal insult and a brazen demonstration of disrespect, because the lady does not find it necessary to even "preemptively" inform him why he does not attend the session of the Council when the questions from the councilors are in order.

Meanwhile, after six months at the helm of the City, Arsovska seems even more confused by the enigmatic nature of the main pre-election goals with which she ran for that position. For example, when her campaign opponents asked her how much money she owed to fund the dazzling projects she was announcing, she was personally offended by such logical suspicions… Even after 200 days at the helm of the City - admittedly, with a few clumsily acted media dramas - only continued the projects with which Shilegov demanded re-election for mayor: surrounding arrangement of bridges and boulevards, reconstruction of the Universal Hall, preparation of the fast transport bus system, regular asphalting of the streets, several roundabouts at the northern exit of Skopje… Planting After the street planters, the mowing of the grass in the parks and the regular cleaning of the illegal landfills were declared the realization of the "big projects" of the new city government. Next (or has it passed?) Spraying against mosquitoes, which, I guess, will be presented as another great success from the list of pre-election promises of the mayor.

Of course, there is nothing from the main topic with which Arsovska competed for the helm of the city: free bus transport for Skopje residents. We found out that the project has been postponed (at least) for two years, and until then entire municipalities will occasionally be left without regular city bus lines due to delays in city payments to private bus carriers, while the head of JSP has changed two acting directors in six months. directors, who have no idea what Arsovska wants from them. The beginning of the construction of the Bas-Rapid system for public transport is prolonged (yes, Shilegov's project will have to be continued by Arsovska), and the announcement to buy dozens of electric buses today seems even more fantastic even compared to the period when the mayor scandalized by the questions with which money he intends to buy those buses. Even today, she believes that such questions are malicious, even misanthropic-chauvinistic, just because she is a "capable woman" at the helm of the City! While she confuses us with her "femininity", we are still anxiously awaiting evidence of her "ability"…

In fact, regarding the procurement of those buses, it seems that a certain tension is felt between her and the plans of the opposition leader Mickoski, who announced the construction of a factory for such buses in Skopje. We did not find out anything in detail about it, there is no time or anyone to ask about those plans, but it is not difficult to assume that the amount and origin of the money is probably at the center of those misunderstandings. If they do not agree on the money, Mickoski will not allow himself to be a "political victim" of Arsovska's nebulous financial fantasies, which he plans to carry out this expensive project, worth tens of millions of euros, with some future "donations" from the private sector in the country. . How not, order is waiting with payment slips in hand.

It must become increasingly clear to VMRO-DPMNE that in the ongoing opposition project for immediate premature overthrow of the "incompetent" and "corrupt" government, Arsovska can prove to be one of the main factors for failure, as "a stone around neck ”to compromise even the medium-term political ambitions of the opposition. The project of returning to power at the national level is dragging on, and the initial results of the government that they now dominate at the municipal and city level do not offer convincing arguments for their "sung" ability to have greater capacity to manage and solve problems.

That is why Arsovska's plan for ignoring the public seems unique to her: she has nothing significant to be proud of after six months in the leading position in the city, she irritates her with her "active blockade" to the public. Looks like a recipe for disaster; but, who knows, maybe it is a new communication and political cosmodisk strategy whose results we are yet to reap.