Sazdo does not deserve to die several times


In a day or two, or maybe a week, no one will write to the parents of Nikola Sazdovski and ask them how they are, whether they need anything, offer to help them in any way, wipe their tears, and hear their woes. Left on their own, they will curse their misfortune, they will grieve for their child, who has not come to know life, to learn that life is sometimes “yellow” and sometimes “gray”. They will find consolation in Nikola’s brother and sister; they now have greater responsibility: they have to make their parents happy again and proudly to continue the path to which their Sazdo will no longer walk.

That’s why, in order to respect their grief, their dark times and their misfortune, let’s demand answers and accountability, let’s not allow a new Sazdo to happen to us again. The police should not try to stifle the case, playing the card of calming the situation, for it will not calm down unless a public and transparent procedure is performed. It is not possible for such a cruel murder to be published in a newsletter in just five rows and with delay, where it is first stated that it is a matter of three perpetrators, then their initials are revealed and ends as if they had stolen jewelry from a house and not that they had beaten a boy to death.
Minister Oliver Spasovski should not make vague statements, but come out to a press conference and say why the attack took place, where and when the perpetrators were caught, who are they and what is the ministry doing to maintain public order and peace and the safety of the citizens. It is a little strange the police are still searching for the third attacker and his identity is not disclosed. Well, if a warrant is issued against him, it is common sense to publish his name, surname, photograph and basic information. Yes, the investigation is led by the prosecution, you probably do not believe the police are sitting with their legs crossed and waiting for orders? The Ministry of Interior should take what people write on Facebook and other social groups into account, this is where everything starts, people’s posts are a sufficient indicator of who is threatening who, who is using hate speech and who is planning criminal activities. I’m sure the Ministry knows that one does not encounter someone else by chance and beat him up in the street.

The prosecution should not make another mistake as in the case of little Almir if it does not want face new protests. It cannot be just a matter of violence when a child is beaten to death. It is incredible that in the past ten days the prosecution has not interrogated Sazdo’s girlfriend who is the main witness and before whose eyes the brutal beating took place.

The court needs to quickly schedule trial, the procedure has to be fair and open to the public. Let’s make sure of the evidence, and then rule the appropriate punishment. Only then and in such a way they will send a message that violence is punishable by law and it is not smart to grow old in jail for some kind of caprice.
The fighters for justice and peace should not be selective, the fact that some of them are part of state and government institutions, it does not give them the right to keep silent, in that way they only further create revolt. The media should not inform only when there is personal benefit or when ordered, but whenever they see injustice and inaction of the institutions whose corrector should be precisely them, the media.

Political parties should show minimum respect and remove their filthy hands from the parents’ misfortune. Those who are in power should not say that they have done their job by discovering the attackers, because if they really did their job, maybe they would have been able to prevent the case, which was planned for a month. Others who want to come to power, need to think of a way and a program with which they will lead the people, and not add to the fire with cheap populism. Those who are always in power regardless of which party is the main party in the government, should not act smart and immediately condemn the incident and demand punishment for the perpetrators. It is not enough for their MPs to express regret, stressing that they unnecessarily put them in the context of the case, when they had nothing to do with it. All right, let’s start calling them out: the first is SDSM, the second VMRO-DPMNE, the third DUI, and the fourth Artan Grubi. A good example was given by the leader of the NLA veterans who said he was ashamed of the criminal offense committed by hooligans belonging to his ethnicity. Daim Hiseni was right to say – life is the same for everyone and that the child is the most sacred thing in the family and wants justice to brought to light.

Fan groups need to give the institutions a chance. They do not trust them now, but perhaps the turning point in society has finally come. Let them cheer for their clubs and not allow political wars to be waged through them, and their members to be the target of revenge.
When all this is accomplished, then we can start from the beginning. Society is sick in all its pores, we have a lot to heal. It is important that everyone makes a contribution. Neither would Sazdo want for other parents to live through the same thing as his.

Goran Adamovski