DS, SPS on verge of Belgrade deal?

The former Yugoslav Communist leader known as Tito was a very mysterious figure. The claim that he was Josip Broz, a half Croat, half Slovene illiterate manual labourer is ludicrous. Josip Broz, a simple foot soldiers in the Austrian army most probably perished on the Russian front sometime during WW1.

Tito appeared from nowhere in the late 1930s and, armed and financed by the British and Americans, he seized power in Yugoslavia in 1944. Tito spoke several languages and played the piano beautifully. He also had ten fingers, which is significant because Josip Broz had lost one of his while training to be a locksmith before the war.

For the first ten years of his rule Tito organised a murderous regime that killed hundreds of thousands of Yugoslavs. Later, once the most “dangerous” people had been neutralised, the regime lessened it repression and Yugoslavia could breathe a little more freely.

Although the Yugoslavia of the 1960s and 1970s was relatively free, there was one thing that would never be tolerated: no one would be allowed the challenge Tito’s leadership or the power of the Communist elite which surrounded him.

The Yugoslav Communist elite lived very comfortable lives. They were given luxurious villas in Belgrade and in tourist locations on the Dalmatian coast and ski resorts. They had chauffeurs and access helicopters and private aircraft. They sent their children to private schools in Switzerland and then later to university in Oxford, Harvard or Yale.

The late President Milosevic split with the Communist elite in the late 1980s and they lost their influence and power until the “Democratic Putsch” toppled Milosevic. For the past 8 years the old Communist elite has been extending its powers and using it to acquire Serbia’s wealth through dubious privatisation deals.

The Tito’s Communist elite now control the Presidency, Parliament, and they have their boy as Belgrade’s mayor.

Dragan Djilas is the grandson of Milovan Djilas, Tito’s right-hand man. Dragan Djilas is not charismatic nor is he a particularly intelligent man; he didn’t have to fight for his new job, he was born into it.

There are some in Serbia who remain sentimental for the days of Tito. Well now they should be happy that Tito has risen from the dead.

So the SPS have already dismissed the possibility of a DS/LDP/SPS coalition in BG. Are they now going to lose face again? Is their word meaningless?

Lets see if these sell-outs have lost all credibility and have been bought out completely.

At least leave Beograd for Kostunica because after few weeks he will be unemployed.

I dont mind if Tito's guys are back as those times were relatively good compared to other countries at the time.
It a shame that the transition lated was ruined by Milosevic and the nationalists of all ethnicities. By the way there are vibes in the West that Serbia will soon be the place to pour your money into...

The guy who said that Dragan was born into his job because he's the son of Milovan Djilas is full of it and obviously knows little about Yugoslav history. True, Djilas was part of the leadership group of the Partisans along with Tito but he was later purged by Tito in the 1950s and imprisoned. He is therefore most known as the leading dissident and critic of Tito and Stalinism writing a book "The New Class" about these bureaucrats.

At least leave Beograd for Kostunica because after few weeks he will be unemployed.

The former Yugoslav Communist leader known as Tito was a very mysterious figure. The claim that he was Josip Broz, a half Croat, half Slovene illiterate manual labourer is ludicrous. Josip Broz, a simple foot soldiers in the Austrian army most probably perished on the Russian front sometime during WW1.

Tito appeared from nowhere in the late 1930s and, armed and financed by the British and Americans, he seized power in Yugoslavia in 1944. Tito spoke several languages and played the piano beautifully. He also had ten fingers, which is significant because Josip Broz had lost one of his while training to be a locksmith before the war.

For the first ten years of his rule Tito organised a murderous regime that killed hundreds of thousands of Yugoslavs. Later, once the most “dangerous” people had been neutralised, the regime lessened it repression and Yugoslavia could breathe a little more freely.

Although the Yugoslavia of the 1960s and 1970s was relatively free, there was one thing that would never be tolerated: no one would be allowed the challenge Tito’s leadership or the power of the Communist elite which surrounded him.

The Yugoslav Communist elite lived very comfortable lives. They were given luxurious villas in Belgrade and in tourist locations on the Dalmatian coast and ski resorts. They had chauffeurs and access helicopters and private aircraft. They sent their children to private schools in Switzerland and then later to university in Oxford, Harvard or Yale.

The late President Milosevic split with the Communist elite in the late 1980s and they lost their influence and power until the “Democratic Putsch” toppled Milosevic. For the past 8 years the old Communist elite has been extending its powers and using it to acquire Serbia’s wealth through dubious privatisation deals.

The Tito’s Communist elite now control the Presidency, Parliament, and they have their boy as Belgrade’s mayor.

Dragan Djilas is the grandson of Milovan Djilas, Tito’s right-hand man. Dragan Djilas is not charismatic nor is he a particularly intelligent man; he didn’t have to fight for his new job, he was born into it.

There are some in Serbia who remain sentimental for the days of Tito. Well now they should be happy that Tito has risen from the dead.

So the SPS have already dismissed the possibility of a DS/LDP/SPS coalition in BG. Are they now going to lose face again? Is their word meaningless?

Lets see if these sell-outs have lost all credibility and have been bought out completely.

I dont mind if Tito's guys are back as those times were relatively good compared to other countries at the time.
It a shame that the transition lated was ruined by Milosevic and the nationalists of all ethnicities. By the way there are vibes in the West that Serbia will soon be the place to pour your money into...

The guy who said that Dragan was born into his job because he's the son of Milovan Djilas is full of it and obviously knows little about Yugoslav history. True, Djilas was part of the leadership group of the Partisans along with Tito but he was later purged by Tito in the 1950s and imprisoned. He is therefore most known as the leading dissident and critic of Tito and Stalinism writing a book "The New Class" about these bureaucrats.