Konatar: We are sorry for the citizens who were deceived by Spajić, the responsibility lies with all members of the Government

URI is sorry for the citizens who were deceived by Prime Minister Milojko Spajić. The responsibility for everything that will happen was also taken by those members of the Government who are not from the Europe Now Movement (PES) and who supported this fraudulent game, said the representative of the Civic Movement URA Miloš Konatar.

He said at the press conference that the minimum wage under the Europe Now 2 program will not be 700 euros, as Spajić announced in the election campaign, working hours will not be seven hours a day, and wages will not increase by 25 percent, as the PES calculator said. And.

"This is what Spajić said in December 2023 at the Prime Minister's Hour session in the Parliament. Out of three things, he deceived the citizens for two. I regret that those from the Government who are not in PES supported this gambling scam and took responsibility for everything that will happen, nothing less than Spajić and his team," Konatar said.

He added that the Minister of Labor and the Prime Minister did not mention the working hours of seven hours.

"It was said that the average minimum wage will be 700 euros. Has anyone heard of the term average minimum wage.... Here is what the ES 2 program represents - 825 euros is the current average wage in Montenegro. According to ES 2, it increases by 50 euros, that's an increase of 6,13 percent," Konatar explained.

He added that direct revenues to the budget from the PIO Fund were planned at 610 million euros, and that with this Fiscal Strategy they are reduced by more than double.

"330 to 350 million euros will be missing from the budget of Montenegro," claims Konatar.

He says that Spajić is taking money from citizens' pensions that they should receive in the future and giving them to spend now.

"It reduces the pension and increases the wages that you need to spend now, which will probably be eaten up by inflation".

He announced that the URA will participate in the public debate on the Fiscal Strategy and added that they can't wait for the control hearing of Spajić and Finance Minister Novica Vuković.

"I also invite the Prime Minister to invite the Chief of Cabinet Branko Krvavac with him, because he spoke more at the press conference than the Minister of Finance himself," Konatar concluded.