The current relationship between the Government and the Castle, between the Government and the Opposition, between the governing coalition parties and the ally for all time - the United States - reminds me of a game of Mario. The only thing I know about it as a card game, which I do not love, is that the basic variants of the game are elected or auctioned. Both variants are designed for three players. There is a simplified licked maria for two players, and for four players there is the so-called four-player maria, often referred to as cross maria. There is also a variant for five players. However, even in four-player games, the basic three-player variants are commonly played. In this case, in each round (hand) one of the players skips the game, not playing. Such a game is called paused maria. The pausing player deals the cards and, according to the agreement, can be financially active for the defending side.
Today's political situation after the expected unsuccessful vote of no confidence in the government, after the minister's text message and the president's reaction is very similar to the Czech version of Mario.
The (Un)Holy Trinity
The trio of Peter 1, Peter 2 and AB officially announced to the public yesterday that the fourth player in the game of Mario (Filip) will not be a participant in the government's game with the president. We have (supposedly) reached a stalemate, AB said. But that is only part of the story. Another, but not the last part of the story is facts like the SMS of Peter 2 and its undignified and ill-conceived publication by the Head of State Peter 1.
The SMS showed that the King (in the Castle) is naked and will not be able to survive the political winter after accepting the role of leader of the opposition, also because in two years the old guard will be removed to the archives. Peter 2 has thus increased the transparency of the work in the Castle and in the political arena and is therefore the centre of admiration and criticism even during the Olympic Games with the Czech representatives in carnival clothes.
The president has no vision, his policies have no national character, and the public assessment of his colleague, President Trump, does not match the spirit of the new American politics. A friend alongside the King, also Peter, in the role of the so-called Sarajevo assassin, has lost credibility and only a foolish person will trust him in the future.
The other 11 Peter 1 advisers, some with homes in Israel and support from there, are good for discussing things they have no influence over and never will. But they do have influence in the Czech Republic, whose new government has not yet fully adapted to the spirit of the new times.
The prime minister, if he wants to enjoy the fruits of the family fund after leaving politics and if he is alive and well, has found himself among the castle stone, unable to accept change and believing that the old way of life can be lived and the good old days will return, and the sharp-tongued stone of Minister Peter 2, who probably knows that it is better to light even a small candle than to curse the darkness (Confucius), and who is the leader of a small party that the Prime Minister cannot do without if he wants to remain in the seat of power.
At this point, a reflection is offered. Today we have confirmation that Peter 2's contemporary, the temporarily suspended player Filip, will not be a minister during the reign of Peter 1. At the same time, we know that the mandate of Peter 1 ends before that of the government and Peter 2. Therefore, I do not rule out the possibility that the weak Prime Minister AB in his old age has agreed with the young and fearless Peter 2 on a new, as yet unknown to the public, goal of the game. This too is consistent with the possibilities of mariachi. Guess, guess, guesser!
We know that the election of the President of the Czech Republic is expected to take place in 2028, when the President's first term ends on 9 March:
- 1). If he is healthy and fit, he will not only attend the Olympics, but while struggling with the dark side of his personality, as Peter Paul said
- 2). He will serve his friend side by side, also Peter, his Israelite and overseas (shut out from power) friends.
Stressed and seeking solace in Italy, a great woman according to President Trump, and a week later at the Elysee Palace with a cockerel in distress who doesn't realise that the cock may crow but the hen lays the egg, Prime Minister AB declared a stalemate and hopes that Peter 2's excellently worded speech in the House of Commons was his last. With this, AB could not have communicated more clearly the direction in which he intends to lead the Czech basin and politics. Nor did he say how long his leadership would last. Why? Because even he does not know for how long not only he has been given positions, roles and money to the mariachi players and when the stalemate will end. It may be sooner than many think.
Conclusion
The words of Ferdinand Peroutka (1895-1978) still apply to the vast majority of Czech society: „A nation, strangely enough, is never saved or lost by the victory or defeat of one party, if rationality is evenly distributed in it.“
Today's question is: How is rationality distributed in contemporary Czech society and Czech politics? No consent is needed.
Jan Campbell
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