The electoral status quo in Macedonia, which for decades was mainly reduced to a clash between the party left and right in the "Macedonian bloc" and the race for "identity" votes among Albanians, began to disintegrate several years ago, and in these local elections completely disintegrate into para-pieces. Not only that - in the Balkans, eeee! - we experienced pre-election multiethnic coalitions, but also prominent nationalists from the right part of the scene openly called for interethnic cooperation as a condition for gaining power.

Yes, there have been election inter-party ethnic deals in the past, but always "behind closed doors", with controversial intermediaries and channels of contact (after buffets at intercity gas stations, for example) that were easily, if necessary, publicly denied, in order to preserve The "face" of the national and nationalist pathos on which the "big" party mathematics for winning and losing the elections were based. More often than not, such "assistance" and "coordination" came down to negotiating interethnic incidents and provocations, something that, you remember, in the ten years of Gruevski's rule was brought to perfection in the relations between VMRO-DPMNE and DUI. They clashed with fan groups, set fire to flags, fights on buses, struck the government "champion" with a machete, some raised crosses, others earthenware… In the end, with the rampage in that Kumanovo settlement and a new interethnic conflict would be produced, only for to stay in power.

Today, on that topic, the competition is the one that will promise more in the concept of "One society for all", albeit with various additions and corrections in the name of that project. Serious nationalists no longer even dare to publicly question the need for real interethnic cooperation. When one listens to the leaders of the parties in whose names the nouns or adjectives of the "nationalities" of their ideology stand, one regrets to grasp the deep margin in which the sincere, nationalist, far-rightists are sunk. For example, one Todor Petrov is no longer a footnote in the pre-election strategies of the various obscure "pendants" of the VMRO members.

When the time came, only Apasiev screamedly promised to cut off his hands and heads. Ljubisa Georgievski's eagle "manicure" is no longer remembered on the Komitas's stands, and only ethnically "correct" songs are sung, as if you were on a friendly night of nurses in Vrnjacka Banja. Goce "Vegeta" did not even think to salt "Spice", and would return the flag of Vergina to use!

Today, it has finally become the main political fashion to talk about corruption, the social standard, and the functioning of the rule of law, although many of the most vocal critics of the government on these topics (with the loud help of their trial attorneys and party propaganda bats) ) are still fighting in the legal labyrinths to possibly prove their innocence. As with the Colorful Revolution: various Facebook puzzles and mannequins today arrogantly teach lessons in courage and democracy, even though at the time their risk was whether the day of the marches would rain and they forgot the umbrella at home. How many people gathered courage ten years ago to run as independent candidates in elections, when His Name was mentioned in whispers and in bars, and not to perform independently, after sitting in the ruling coalition with VMRO-DPMNE !?

That, in itself, is a great victory of the hated by the opposition and "ignored" by many voters in the first round of local elections, Zoran Zaev. The normalization of the political environment in Macedonia, in which - for example - no one even disputes the election results (they hate even objections to the SEC to submit!), Is primarily its merit која From which, we have seen, in democracy can not not even "five minutes" to live. Even at his expense will be the return of the "wolf", whose fur looks like a newcomer, as if yesterday for the first time dressed democratically. The fun continues.