Orban does not win elections with a program alone. He wins them by seeking and finding an enemy. When the rating drops, the external threat is brought out. When the economy creaks, there is talk of a conspiracy. When society wavers, fear is mobilized.
The same school is already practiced here.
Iliyan Vassilev warned about this on "Facebook".
The native "Orbanists" do not need Brussels as an enemy. They produced an internal – PP–DB. The goal is not a dispute over policies. The goal is demonization through labels. It is not competition, but delegitimization. You are either with us or you are part of a conspiracy.
If the trend continues and GERB and the “New Beginning“ cannot gather more than 80 deputies, the temptation for escalation will grow. History shows that when the government feels that it is losing ground, it prefers to burn down its house rather than betray it.
When they start talking about a “coup“, do not rush to believe that they are warning. More often than not, this is a rehearsal. A classic PR move - you accuse others of intentions that you yourself are considering. You create a sense of emergency in order to justify emergency actions.
The model is familiar: if we are not there, chaos is coming. If we are not there, the state is falling apart. If we are not there, they will take everything away from you.
This is not politics. This is hostage rhetoric.
The truth is simple - neither Borisov nor Peevski can live in a normal state with a functioning justice system. Because a normal state requires accountability. And accountability is a risk.
That's why crises are created. That's why scandals are invented and inflated. That's why there's talk of coups. Fear is the last refuge of exhausted power.
But there's also a risk for them.
The more brutal the attacks become, the more visible their fear becomes. And when society senses fear in the powerful, legitimacy begins to crack.
And then the question is no longer who demonizes whom.
The question is who will last longer.