Page 15 - Ekonomija i Biznis_septemvri 2016.indd
P. 15
In the focus РУБРИКА
be a social consensus whose realiza- I know that insist-
tion we could follow. However, observed ing on unity in the
in general, if we focus on the classical
economic elements, considering all fa- current environ-
vorable and dramatically unfavorable ment of hotheads
national and external circumstances, in and fierce load of
the past 25 years the Republic of Mace- impatience, primar-
doniarealized relatively decent results. ily within the party, may
seem unreal, even naïve, to
However, what is the biggest failure of someone. All of this discourages me,
the Republic of Macedonia in the past 25 becauseunity is feasible for the key pillars.
years? To me, the answer to this question It is not an issue of choice, it is an issue of time
is very clear and direct: we did not try to and maturity. This day shall come, I believe,
create the required unity. Macedonia sooner, and not later
continues to be a country which is very
small, however dramatically disunited, Someone would say that the social co-
with a vast self-destructive potential. hesion, the unity, is not an economic is-
sue in order to be reviewed in terms of
Still, the dominant understanding in the economic successes and failures in
Macedonia is “the winner takes it all”. the past (and next) 25 years. This was a
The exclusiveness is one of the greatest wrong attitude. The issue on (dis)unity
opponents of unity. The party affiliation is an economic issue, because it is in the
is the main criterion for assessment of root of all economic processes in a coun-
a person’s competence. And this is not try. The strong unity gives the element
an exclusivity of one of the parties in of security and stability which is the ba-
the political arena. In the past 25 years sis of the sustainability of the economic
Macedonia did not find the strength for development of the country, regard-
democracy, the one that the Dutch am- less of the difficulties it is facing. Unity
bassador Plump defined in an interview is manifested by consensus for the key
for “Economy and Business”, saying that economic directions, for the long-term
the level of democracy in a country is economic strategy. This means to have a
measured according to the care of the long term plan for what we, as citizens
majority/the winning party/the govern- of Macedonia, would like to do with the
ment, for the ones who are a minority at Macedonian economy, and the society in
the time. When we adopt this as a princi- general, to have efficient mechanisms for
ple which shall firmly apply, there would realization of this plan, which include a
be a prevailing attitude that the political debate about the proper and the wrong
parties are still only political opponents, steps along the way.
but not deadly enemies.
I know that insisting on unity in the
Once we achieve this, there would be current environment of hotheads and
a chance for young and educated people fierce load of impatience, primarily with-
to stay in Macedonia. The people who so in the party, may seem unreal, even na-
far decided to leave the country in the ïve, to someone. All of this discourages
search for a better life, probably were me, becauseunity is feasible for the key
not taking sides and did not support the- pillars. It is not an issue of choice, it is an
government nor the opposition, because issue of time and maturity. This day shall
it seems that the onessupporting the come, I believe, sooner, and not later.
government are doing well, and the ones
who are supporting the opposition, are
waiting for a good start. The people who
do not like to take sides and want a pre-
vailing principle according to which ev-
ery person will be valuedfor his/her qual-
ity, and not the party card, are the ones
who were disappointed and left abroad.
September 2016 15
