Categories
Politika

Prije i poslije

Pregovori HDZa s koalicijskim partnerima priveli su se kraju i kako izgleda krajem ovog tjedna imati ćemo novu vladu (osim ako ne bude iznenađenja u Saboru). I sada, dok je sve još svježe vrijedi se podsjetiti nekolicine zanimljivih zahtjeva koji su se pojavili tijekom predizborne kampanje i promotriti sudbinu tih krucijalnih pitanja.

Referendum za NATO – čini se da od njega ništa. Ivo&Co već duže vremena zagovaraju priču o ulasku u NATO bez referenduma, negdje tamo u proljeće dobiti ćemo (navodno) pozivnicu i potom slijedi proces ratifikacije. Ja sam osobno protiv NATOa. HSS i HSLS su kao dio predizborne platforme govorili kako referendum za pristupanje NATOu mora biti održan. Vidimo sada iz njihovih pregovora da se od toga neće ništa dogoditi jer “ako referentne” ankete kažu da je podrška veća od 50% onda nema potrebe, a ako je manja onda ionako nam ne treba referendum – ne razumijem poantu. Uostalom, što je to referentna anketa, možemo pitati primjerice ZAPI koji je svojevremeno za vladu radio istraživanje koje je zabilježilo impresivnih pedesetak postotaka podrške ili pak Novi list koji je predviđao natpolovičnu većinu za SDP. Čisto fore radi, eto jedan quote iz ožujka prošle godine:

Reagirajući na jučerašnju izjavu predsjednika Hrvatskog sabora Vladimira Šeksa po kojoj se o ulasku Hrvatske u NATO neće odlučivati na referendumu, koalicija HSLS i HSS priopćila je danas da će te dvije stranke biti protiv ulaska u NATO ne bude li takva odluka potvrđena referendumom. (dnevnik)

Ministarstvo regionalnog razvoja – jedna od velikih diskusija tijekom kampanje je bila decentralizacija zemlje, a jedna od okosnica cijele priče je i osnivanje novog ministarstva regionalnog razvoja. Ako se netko sjeća prosinca 2006. godine tada smo u praktički drugoj polovici prosinca imali situaciju kada je vlada odlučila promijeniti prihode lokalnih jedinica na način da se dotadašnji porez na dobit kao osnova prihoda lokalne samouprave zamijeni porezom na dohodak. U toj koncepciji uz izuzetak Zagreba i Rovinja (i još pokojeg naselja prebrojivog na prste jedne ruke) svi ostali su dobili nešto više nego što su dobijali dok su Zagreb i Rovinj izgubili na prihodima, no em je u Zagrebu SPD na vlasti, a Rovinj ionako ima Adris pa valjda nije frka, a nova raspodjela je praktički svim drugima osigurala da šute. Godinu dana kasnije i vrapcima na grani je jasno ono što je zagrepčanima bilo jasno još od prvog dana; godišnji rast poreza na dobit je neusporedivo veći od rasta od ubiranja poreza na dohodak (a da ne kažemo da će svakom novom poreznom olakšicom ili povećanjem neoporezive osnovice taj iznos padati). Lokalna samouprava sudjeluje sa samo 10ak postotaka državnog proračuna od čega je skoro pa polovica kako god okrenuli otpala na Zagreb pa je stoga razvoj lokalnih jedinica moguć samo dodatnom decentralizacijom i regionalnim razvojem (što je, vidi ironije, jedna od okosnica SDPovog izbornog programa). Obzirom da i EU ozbiljno pristupa regionalizaciji, da je decentralizacija kod nas neminovna nekako se činilo da je osnivanje ministarstva gotova stvar. Na današnjem sastanku, ispada kako je drIvo odlučio da ministarstva neće biti.

Čelnici HSLS-a Adlešič i Čehok potvrdili su da Sanader ne želi samostalno ministarstvo regionalnog razvoja. Čehok je dodao kako “je HSLS sklon tome da se osnuje ministarstvo, ali Sanader nije”. HDZ predlaže i to da se razdvoje ministarstvo znanosti i obrazovanja. HSLS će inzistirati na ministarstvu regionalnog razvoja i na tome mjestu žele Davora Žmegača.

Neslužbeno doznajemo i da Sanader ne želi ni izdvajanje ministarstva turizma. A upravo je na taj resor, kao i na regionalni razvoj, računao HSS. Ako se ne osnuju ta dva ministarstva, pitanje je što će još, osim potpredsjedničkog mjesta u Vladi, dobiti HSS. Traže i poljoprivredu, no Sanader želi zadržati Petra Čobankovića. (jutarnji)

ZERP – to neželjeno dijete Hrvatskog sabora nakon nekolicine odgoda stupilo je u svoju punu snagu prije nekoliko dana. ZERP i njegovo nepoštivanje pitanje je interpretacije, jer s jedne strane imamo ZERP kojeg ne samo da nemamo čime kontrolirati, no daleko bitnije, ministarstva zadužena nisu na vrijeme pripremila niti zakonodavni i pravni okvir postupanja u ZERPu. Hido Biščević je potpisao što je potpisao i svi osim nas misle kako je to obvezujući potpis. HSS je bio jako rezolutan oko ZERPa, no pritisak slijedi (a formiranjem nove vlade samo će se pojačati) a vrli HDZovci se ne oglašavaju na tu temu osim Hebranga koji je na fini način probao protumačiti da 100-200mil eur od pokradene ribe nije vrijedno zaostajanjem u pregovorima s EU. Nekako si mislim da će priča o ZERPu neslavno propasti u tako uvijenom sporazumu sa Slovenijom i Italijom da ni sami nećemo skužiti što se dogodilo, a po svoj prilici će dobiti i više nego što su imali do proglašenja ZERPa.

Manjine – manjine su krenule diskutirati o tome kako hoće dvostruko pravo glasa. Ono što je tijekom napornih pregovora dogovoreno je da će se o tome razgovarati u prve dvije godine mandata vlade; dakle rješenje ne postoji, HDZ je protiv prijedloga (iako je dvostruko pravo glasa postojao i kod nas do prije desetak godina) i o tome će se “razgovarati”, a odmah da spomenemo i Zdenku Čunhil koja je uspjela ishoditi da se u Daruvaru napokon stave dvojezične oznake (što je ionako bila zakonska obveza lokalne samouprave koju vodi – pogodite tko).

Poanta cijele ove priče je u stvari slijedeća. Nekakvi pregovori se vode već mjesec i pol dana i sve što se je u tome vremenu dogodilo je da su “koalicijski partneri”, kojima je bila važna samo “programska kompatibilnost” uspjela napustiti apsolutno svaku od pregovaračkih pozicija s kojima su krenuli. Ništa od regionalizacije, ništa od referenduma za NATO, manjinama ništa od prava glasa a niti onih šest milijardi kuna za hrvatsko selo se ne spominje previše. U posljednjem tjednu prije formiranja vlade počinju se po novinama spominjati fotelje (makar, ne vidim o čemu se drugome pričalo ako su programe već odlučili u cijelosti napustiti) i sada polako izlaze taštine na vidjelo.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=te6qG4yn-Ps

Ono što bi danas Đurđa, Josip, Milorad i društvo trebali napraviti je lijepo sjesti, natočiti pivo, napraviti kokice i pogledati reprizu nekih od svojih “odlučnih” stavova iz predizborne kampanje te se poput David Byrnea zapitati: “Well, how did I get here?”.

Misao dana (za Đurđu i Josipa):
You’ve got the brain of a four-year-old boy, and I’ll bet he was glad to get rid of it.

Categories
Priroda i društvo Video

Jedan od deset

Misao dana:
For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it. For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way. For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door. Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with things they are told are valuable. Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

Categories
Priroda i društvo Video

Youtube star Kiro – Ivica Kirin, Croatian minister of interior resignes after very successful Youtube carreer

On July 12th 2005. Mr. Ivica Kirin became Interior Minister in Croatian government and youngest member of Ivo Sanader’s cabinet. While at first very quiet, soon he became noticed in the media with some of his notable remarks such as this one:

Police meddles into some peoples affairs. Paid shipment are siezed. Someone owes money to someone else and murder happens. Mafia murders are results of good police work. (free translation of his statement made in late march 2006 following a mafia type execution in Croatian capital Zagreb)

This is just one of his (now legendary) quotations. In mid november 2006, youtube user “bijesprvi” made his first video mocking mr. Kirin.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=B1lAU3JXb-U

“Kiro prosvirao” video clip (translated as “Kiro went nuts”) took Croatia by storm and is now probably most viewed Croatian video on youtube with more then 550.000 views so far (impressive compared to population of Croatia of 4.5 mil). This video was featured on most web portals, in newspapers and magazines and was even broadcasted on national television (on more then one ocassion).Some of the quotes in video clip include:

  • Media can publish anything, I am not saying that they do not publish something truthfull from time to time.
  • Who is going to rule this country if not us?

First video was probably destined to fade away, but few weeks after, mr. Kirin decided to publicly comment it live on TV and at that time he mispronounced Youtube as Jubito (which is basically a play with letters and with enough imagination it reads F*** You in Croatian). Jubito created whole new industry (see Nik Titank mad shop for a whole selection of apparel, underwear, mugs, stationery). His comment resulted in a new video called “Kiro went nuts – Return of the King”, where he said (among other stupidities):

  • They were laughing at me on Jubito
  • I am thankfull to authors of the clip, when I take into account their IQ I am quite pleased that they are pulling out my sentences.
  • There are 26.000 people employed in Interior Ministry, not all of them are daisies.
  • I am educated and academic person, quite contrary to the people who criticize me. Let this people from Jubito show their certificates and diplomas and then we can discuss this.

Second video was shown to 287.000 viewers. In late march 2006 he was questioned in Croatian parliament and this footage was a source for “Kiro went nuts III – Spy who loved me”. This video triggered a ban on mr. Kirins public appearances (as quoted by Feral Tribune and business.hr). On 24th of may 2006, Kirin made a following statement:

I was quite simpatethic to this jubito thing because I thought that this videos were made by young rebels and alternatives, and then we discovered thru our servers that this videos were published by our political opponents SDP. Let them be sure that this is nothing compared to what we are going to expose during our election campaign.

This statement provoked SDP (social democrats) since it implied illegal search for IP addresses of Youtube users in Croatia and in protest they left the parliament session on may 27th 2006. Later on, this subject was discussed in parliament but formal inquiry was never launched (since leading party HDZ of which mr. Kirin is member held majority of the votes). Later on, bijesprvi launched “Kiro went nuts IV – Resurection” as well as series of slightly less popular clips about Ivica Kirin.

As a result, bijesprvi is now most popular Croatian author on youtube with more then three million video clips viewed, 109 created and more then 600 subscribers. Also, according to the polls made by IRI, Ivica Kirin who was barely listed on “most unpopular politicians list” in 2006, was the third most unpopular politician in Croatia in september 2007, his popularity slipped and after parliament elections held in november he did not make it into parliament (he was positioned by his party too low on the list).

Finally, in the long line of stupidities made by mr. Kirin, he was discovered to have been participated in a boar hunt on december 22nd in the company of mr. Mladen Markač who is a war crime suspect and who is on the order of Hague war crime tribunal in house arrest. It is almost beyond belief that person in charge of following court orders from the Hague went to hunt together with a person who is not allowed to move away from the house; to make it more impropable – they took pictures after the hunt, then they emailed this pictures to 87 media outlets in Croatia and abroad. After pictures were published, it was claimed that pictures were made in 2003 or that they were doctored.

Mladen Markač i Ivica Kirin

After seven days of silence from Croatian government, Hague tribunal ordered arrest of mr. Markač and on 29th of december mr. Kirin offered his resignation as “his moral duty after circumstances in which he was found in the case of Mladen Markač”. It is worth noting that his duties as minister are technical at this time, since new government should be formed in first two weeks of january.

Saga about Ivica Kirin is now over and bijesprvi made final video called “And now farewell”.

p.s. this post is a follow-up and epilogue on my previous posts (in english) Ivica Kirin, Croatian story and Croatian parliament in turmoil over YouTube (again!?)

Thought of the day:
Lemony Snicket: Dear reader, there are people in the world who know no misery and woe. And they take comfort in cheerful films about twittering birds and giggling elves. There are people who know that there’s always a mystery to be solved. And they take comfort in researching and writing down any important evidence. But this story is not about such people. This story is about the Baudelaires. And they are the sort of people who know that there’s always something. Something to invent, something to read, something to bite, and something to do, to make a sanctuary, no matter how small. And for this reason, I am happy to say, the Baudelaires were very fortunate indeed.