DS leader: Government only concerned about itself

DS leader: Government only concerned about itself

BELGRADE -- The government is not concerned about the citizens but only about itself and intends to "sell off all the remaining resources dirt cheap," Bojan Pajtić says.

The leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DS) spoke on Sunday as the government marked its first hundred days in office.

"For 737 days now, (Prime Minister) Aleksandar Vučić has been changing and reshuffling his government cosmetically, while essentially pursuing the same policy of autocracy. In just two years, Serbia lost decades of future with such a government. The purchasing power of the population is declining, pensions and salaries are being cut, while taxes and fees are rising," a DS statement quoted Pajtić as saying.

Life in Serbia is much more difficult and uncertain today, and there are no investments, the DS leader said.

"Laws are passed by urgent procedure, secret contracts conceal the fact that Vojvodina's most fertile land is being taken away from our citizens and sold to foreigners dirt cheap, while hotels and strategically important companies are being given away," Pajtić said.

"With such a damaging policy, the government will soon be without resources or citizens. It is a fact that, during its term, over 70,000 highly educated young citizens have sought citizenship in other countries, and that is a terrifying result of its rule," Pajtić stated.

Several days ago, Vučić said that he had "nothing against strong criticism of his cabinet if it comes from people with credibility," and asked Pajtić what he was doing during the past 100 days.

To this, the DS leader responded by asking Vučić "what he was doing during the past 20 years,"...