Member of the European Union in Tivat Municipal Council Ćazim Lisičić said that we are entering another summer where Montenegro is divided into two parallel realities. In one, he says, the one from the media, officials convince us that we have “the lowest inflation in the Balkans”. In the other, he adds, the real Montenegro, citizens who live off their work enter markets with fear of what will await them at the checkouts.
“We witness the same, crass scenario every year with the excuse that it’s the season, the prices of food and staples skyrocket. But we all know the scam, when the tourists leave and the summer passes, those inflated, seasonal prices will remain valid for our citizens. This is no economic progress, it is a silent robbery of those who hold this country on their backs. And where is the dignity of work? The teacher who educates our children enters the store, looks at the bill and realizes that “She is humiliated again. The worker in the market, who spends six days a week on her feet for the minimum wage, puts new, higher prices on items every morning and looks at the neighbors who no longer buy by the kilo, but by the gram,” said Lisičić.
As he adds, the worker at the pump pays for fuel, which has risen by 25% for the year, knowing that because of the more expensive oil tomorrow, his bread and transportation to work will become more expensive.
“And really, the math of this government is touching, because they give you a raise on a spoon, and take it from you in a ladle through your accounts. While they play with statistics and cheap marketing, education makes ends meet, and workers in the private sector finance other people’s populism,” Lisičić points out.
Because, he emphasizes, this is not about political theories and graphs, but about elementary human dignity, about the fact that you can live normally and plan for the future from your honest work, and not worry from the first to the first and survive from season to season.
“It is time for the state to finally stand behind its citizens, to activate control mechanisms and protect the domestic standard, instead of hiding its own passivity behind the personal marketing of those in the armchairs. Stories from the media do not fill the refrigerator,” concluded Lisičić.
