Trojka thinks power is a 'one-night stand': Dino, Edin and Neka cannot wash away two years of catastrophic politics overnight!

Written by: Rasim Belko @rasimbelko

Once upon a time, there was a small town where Ivan lived, a man known for making hasty decisions. Every one of his ventures was followed by a series of mistakes – unfinished jobs, unfulfilled promises, and plans that always collapsed like houses of cards.

The company at the café would often comment on his moves, some with mockery, others with sorrow. "Ivan never learns," they would say. Two years passed, and Ivan was known for one thing – he went from mistake to mistake.

One morning, suddenly, Ivan appeared in the square all dressed up, with papers in his hand, and a serious expression on his face. "From today, everything is different," he said, promising to fix everything that had gone wrong. He started handing out flyers, organizing meetings, and making plans for the future.

People looked on in disbelief. "How can you wash away all those mistakes overnight?" asked an older wise man. Ivan smiled and said: "I am not the only one to blame, circumstances were against me." The wise man sighed and replied: "Perhaps circumstances were difficult, but change does not come overnight. It takes time and sincere effort to correct mistakes and regain trust."

The question is whether Ivan learned that it is not enough just to say things will be better – actions are needed, and actions that speak louder than words.

Any resemblance to the Trojka is intentional, only the consequences of their mistakes and rashness are far more severe than Ivan's.

What distinguishes the political project Trojka from Ivan is the fact that Trojka has combed itself and dressed in the suit of change twice. The first time when they ran onto the scene as lucky losers of the General Elections and, thanks to well-known shadows from the international community, were announced as the engine of change and development for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ties were tightened just like the praises about the fastest-formed Council of Ministers, which had the wind in its sails from European bureaucrats with invisible progress visible only to them and the shadows in BiH, in order to justify pushing a bloc cobbled together from political infants.

The representatives of the politically incompatible Trojka bloc did not leave the stage in an attempt to explain to us how Milorad Dodik is a "European partner" and Dragan Čović "cooperative." And while the Euro-bureaucrats blew and puffed, and at the same time accepted everything that the state government hastily packed, we witnessed self-praise that crossed all boundaries of bad taste.

However, after beginner's luck and Euro-American support, the story of the Trojka political bloc increasingly resembled Ivan's. They stumbled at every step, meaning Milorad Dodik, with the undisguised support of Dragan Čović, primarily put obstacles in their way.

The European path stalled, we did not even approach the Growth Plan because Trojka's European Dodik wanted to ensure the passability of secession under the cloak of the European path. The story of the quickly formed Council of Ministers faded, and mistakes with tenders and hirings followed.

In the meantime, Nenad Nešić, who was pushed "through the eye of a needle," was arrested, and Trojka found itself in the gap of its own ignorance and political immaturity in assessing candidates for the state government.

And then one day Trojka woke up, put on a new suit, and like the unfortunate Ivan, through loyal media, planted the story that they would kick Dodik out of power, but pay attention now "if he blocks the European path." As if Dodik had been pro-European until now, and then suddenly something changed!

But, as the wise man told Ivan, words and filtering into new suits are not enough; actions that confirm change are necessary. And if we judge by what we have seen or are seeing, it is clear that Trojka cannot get rid of its path from mistake to mistake with an ad hoc departure from Milorad Dodik and his secession.

Because two years of their joint rule over the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be erased; they have caused so much damage that the judiciary will still need to examine the legality and legitimacy of the processes.

However, if Trojka wants to be different from Ivan, before spinning about renouncing Dodik and changing the government, they would have to stop pumping money into Dodik's cronies, tenders with suspicious winners, and revise laws that favored both Dodik and Čović.

In essence, nothing will come of that story, because it is perfectly clear that no matter how much the propaganda machine sells spins about attempts to change the government at the state level, we must not forget that the political infants of Trojka voted for people on the blacklist, abusers of women, and people with dubious pasts.

And when we add to that the financing of separatist politics from the budget of the state they are tearing apart, it is clear that neither the Danube, nor the Sava, nor the Drina can wash Trojka clean. It won't work, my Ivan, no matter how much you comb yourself.