From the coffers of all citizens, huge sums of money will continue to go to compensation for former officials, if the changes to the Salary Act remain as the Government envisioned.
Everyone who has been in office for more than half a year will still be entitled to an annual allowance when they leave it, and only those who have worked up to half a year before leaving office will receive the allowance for a shorter period of time - two months.
Finance Minister Novica Vuković, however, says that it is a draft of changes to the law that is still under public discussion and that he will ask for a measure of what is possible.
In the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS), they believe that there is no intention to stop the bad practices that eat up the state budget.
Every year, millions of sums go from the pockets of all citizens to former officials, i.e. the benefits they receive 12 months after they leave office.
The ruling Europe Now Movement (PES) promised to reduce it to six months, but the planned changes to the Law on Salaries in the Public Sector are far from that.
The Ministry of Finance proposes with a draft of changes that all those who work for more than half a year are still entitled to an annual allowance until they get a job.
Only those who have been in office for less than six months would receive compensation for a shorter period of time, i.e. two months.
However, Finance Minister Novica Vuković believes that they have now introduced some rules of the game. When asked by TV Vijesti whether it was better to say that nothing is final yet because the public debate is ongoing.
"The law is still under public debate and we have absolutely not concluded the negotiations, and here and now I invite all those interested to send their objections and remarks, and we will certainly at the end, respecting the set of objections, respect and put in place what is the measure of what is possible", he pointed out is Vuković.
Despite several days of waiting, the Ministry of Finance did not provide data on how much money was spent on officials' fees this year, and how much was planned for the next, until the broadcast of this report on Television News. They promised to do it by Monday.
The Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) points out that it is evident that there is no intention to stop the bad practices that eat up the state budget.
"The bottom line is that they grab benefits for their party cadres or for their family members and that absolutely the parties in power do not think that there will soon be an opportunity for the citizens to punish them for such behavior in terms of some parliamentary elections or something that could lead to of their loss of power," said Vanja Ćalović Marković, executive director of MANS.
Politicians are often harsh with their words, they promise hills and valleys, but when it comes to putting it into action, it is more difficult.
Although the change of government is inevitably a reflection of democracy, since 2020, three governments and a large number of officials have changed. This current one is the most numerous, and in the Assembly, with the arrival of the MP's adviser, a higher chair will be sought.
But, when all those functions stop, you have to live from something to employment.
So it is not surprising that it is difficult to abolish official fees.
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