The government exempts wealthy people with yachts from excise duties, while not exempting other citizens from excise duties, but charges them an additional three cents per liter, said Miodrag Đuranović, a member of the Presidency of the Civic Movement URA.
He said that there are clear "numerous differences" between the governments of Milojko Spajić and Dritan Abazović, and that they are also clearly visible when it comes to fuel prices.
"While Abazović's government made a decision to reduce excise taxes by 50% on fuel and thus help citizens to more easily overcome the severe inflationary blow that hit us at the time, Spajić's government raised excise taxes per liter of gasoline to 55 cents, and for diesel to 44 cents, and that was not enough for them, so they put an additional three cents on the burden of citizens, for the purposes of creating the so-called commodity reserves. Abazović's government gave up tens of millions of euros in the budget, for the benefit of all citizens, and Spajić's government exempts rich people with yachts from excise taxes, while not exempting other citizens from excise taxes, but charges them an additional three cents per liter. The difference is more than clear," Đuranović said.
He says that Spajić's government has also shown its attitude towards citizens by introducing excise taxes on still wines, "thus endangering business and putting all small domestic wine producers, as well as the state-owned company Plantaže, in a difficult position." He adds that "Spajić's and Mandić's government have also shown their attitude towards citizens by increasing the salaries of public officials by 30 percent," while having no money to increase child allowances, increasing VAT from seven to 15 percent for hotel accommodation, and "leading to a drastic increase in co-payments for medicines."
"They are calling for a boycott of stores, which contribute the most to filling the budget, and this after, in their words, the great 'Limited Prices' campaign, which citizens can best judge, and after Spajić said that they had lowered inflation below two percent, it best illustrates the incompetence of the authorities. All Spajić's government had to do was continue with the 'Stop Inflation' campaign launched by Abazović's government in cooperation and agreement with the economy, which led to significantly lower prices for a large number of products and better purchasing power for citizens," believes Đuranović.
"Citizens have heard lies about a minimum wage of 700 euros, a 25 percent increase in salaries for all workers, a seven-hour workday, 500 million investments in Pljevlja, billions from Japan, calls for bankruptcy during the 43rd Government, which was ultimately the only one to leave a surplus in the 44th Government's coffers, two airlines, a domestic company that would even deliver groceries at purchase prices to socially vulnerable segments of society, and plans to start building a highway in September 2024. From all this, we have a budget deficit of more than 230 million in December alone and a plan to purchase a government plane worth 25 million euros, which is 80 million less than what the Health Fund needs," he adds.
Đuranović says that Spajić "could be envied by Baron Munchausen" and that he "will have to finally get serious."
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