Critical opposition the budget for 2019

The opposition to the Serbian Parliament criticized the draft state budget for 2019, stressing that it is not about development and social aspects as represented by the minister responsible, but the electoral budget that represents the continuation devastating economic policy.

New Party MP Zoran Zivkovic said that GDP growth was the lowest in the region since the ruling coalition took office, and that even "something called the Kosovo has a double increase ".

"You say we have the biggest drop in unemployment, which is wrong, this decline is due to the change in statistical methodology and the fact that half a million people have left the country. see that the number of unemployed has been reduced by about 17 or 18 percent, "said Zivkovic.

He said that the Serbian government was the only one to brag about the surplus, stressing that the surplus could also be the result of poor planning, greater involvement of the population in the pockets of citizens or the fact that the state had not made the planned investments.

Zivkovic also felt that the budget was a reflection of a single government policy and that the following year's budget provided for an increase in police and army salaries by fear and not for the sake of the material status of the members of the army and the police.

"This was triggered by the fear that this police would have become a similar power in 2000, but that did not help it yet 18 years ago, because dictatorship, crime and lies can not be defended by the police or the army, and in the police and the army, people who will not defend it, "said Zivkovic.

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Vice-President of the National Socialist Party, Miroslav Aleksic, said the budget is pre-election and that everything it contains underlines it.

He said the pursuit of a completely devastating economic policy was continuing, Serbian citizens being the poorest in Europe.

Aleksic said the citizens of Serbia had the lowest average wages, as the 2012 public debt had risen from 15 billion euros to 24.3 billion euros and that they were trying to to prove that the public debt was declining through various falsifications and changes in the methodology.

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Dveri Group Chairman Boško Obradović said he agrees with the assessment of the Budget Council that the budget does not provide sufficient effective measures to accelerate economic growth in a necessary manner.

Obradovic said that he was in agreement with the assessment of this council that the formula for future pension adjustments had been unnecessarily canceled and recalled that the government had left a discretion to decide to increase or reduce pensions.

He added that the public debt over the past six years had been increased by 10 billion euros, that is to say that each citizen is also billed 1,325 euros.

Democratic Party deputy Radoslav Milojicic said the budget was "parodic" and cited an example of the € 250 million loan from the European Investment Bank to the European Bank investment for the construction of a national stadium, while the Infectious Clinic is in a disastrous state.

He added that the government is proposing to budget to increase subsidies to state-owned enterprises by 14 percent while reducing the budget for culture by 8 percent.

"The SNS government wants to reward its party directors and listeners who frantically applaud SNS and Aleksandar Vucic, while wanting to punish those who do not support the SNS policy," said Milojic.

The point of view of the Hungarian Vojvodina Alliance on Zoltan Peak differs from the conclusions of the opposition. He believes that the elements of the budget are balanced and realistic and that finances are under control.

"Thanks to balanced fiscal consolidation measures, a fiscal space has been created that will be used in 2019 to increase capital investment, eliminate pensions in a crisis, raise public sector wages and reduce the tax burden. The funds allocated by the budget are aimed at relaxing and stimulating the economy, growth, an increase in the standard of living and capital investment, "said Pek.

Mali rejected critics of the opposition

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The finance minister dismissed opposition criticism of the budget for 2019 and pointed out that gross domestic product is rising and that it will attempt to increase growth rates more than neighboring countries.

In the Serbian Parliament, during the debate on the draft budget and the set of financial laws, he said that the GDP growth rate of Serbia before the arrival of the Serbian Progressive Party was &; était était était était était était était était était était. at most 1.4% and the current government is proud of the 4.5% GDP growth. in the first nine months of this year.

Mali said the opposition unemployment figures were false, adding that the unemployment rate in October this year was 11.9% and that it was 25.9% in 2013.

The minister added that the reduction of unemployment had nothing to do, as the opposition claims, by changing the method of calculation.

He said that a deficit of 0.5% of GDP is expected in the budget for 2019, but he hopes that at the end of the year there will be a surplus and that there will be a surplus. there is no one who is not happy with this because more than spent.

The statement of the leader of the new party, Zoran Zivkovic, that the "sophisticated evil" has resulted is a misunderstanding of economic policy.

Few reasons explain the accusation that the police and the army are increasingly afraid to react to higher salaries, not only for the army and the police, but also for teachers, doctors and nurses. Indeed, after difficult measures taken since 2015, they have managed to consolidate the budget and it is now possible to increase wages and pensions.

He added that the minimum price of labor "increases" is 8.6%, which means that all employees in Serbia will have higher wages.

When asked to halve subsidies to foreign companies, Mali said the government did not want to reduce subsidies and was proud to open factories in the previous period.

Bajatovic: Serbia started to spend as much as it wins

Socialist Party of Serbia MP Dusan Bajatovic said the budget clearly showed that Serbia was leaving the period of fiscal consolidation and estimated that the budget for 2019 would be "an introduction to the theory of economic growth".

He added that Serbia was finally starting to spend as much as it was earning money.

Bajatovic welcomed the increase in police and army salaries and public sector salaries, which he said will not jeopardize the budget.