By: Ana Horvat (nova24tv.si)
“In the National Assembly, we are often witnesses to extremely bizarre situations. Among other things, also situations when the coalition heavily criticises itself and related past left-wing governments,” wrote the SDS parliamentary group on Twitter, accompanied by a video recording in which representatives of the ruling coalition themselves admit that everything is going wrong under their government.
A deteriorating economic climate, persistently high inflation, and rising food prices, lack of dialogue with various sectors, and almost daily new taxes – all of these are synonyms for the “governance” of the current government under Robert Golob. Despite their daily efforts to conceal and deny the declining quality of life for their citizens, it is clear from the video recording in the National Assembly that they themselves are aware of their disastrous leadership.
Regardless of the government representatives’ attempts to hide the true reality and embellish the truth through the mainstream media, the fact remains that they are well aware of their incompetence and failures. How else can we explain the words of Levica party representative Nataša Sukić and Gibanje Svoboda representative Borut Sajovic, who practically admitted the failures of both the current government and the past left-wing governments of the last 30 years? “We, God’s people, have been living beyond our means in this country for 30 years and getting into debt,” said Sajovic in the video from a mid-session in the National Assembly, followed by Sukić expressing regret for the current state and admitting that “prices are soaring, inflation is horrific,” and that “food prices have reached staggering levels” while “more and more people go hungry.”
Whether they admit it or not, facts and figures do not lie. Let’s recall the data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia regarding the year-on-year growth of the cost of living, which, according to the latest data in May, stood at 8.4%, while food prices increased by almost 15%. However, until recently, the Prime Minister claimed that food prices were decreasing. Sukić was right, and the same goes for Sajovic’s words, indirectly blaming the past left-wing governments for years of indebtedness while they themselves are doing the same now.
As we have reported, in the first five months of this year, the state budget recorded a deficit of 226 million euros, which is more than in the same period last year. The total deficit increased by 209 million euros, while the “adjusted” surplus (excluding intervention measures) decreased by 293 million euros. The decline in the “adjusted” surplus is mainly due to lower revenue growth compared to the same period last year, primarily due to lower corporate income tax revenues and higher labour costs. Since the government’s only solution is to take, the consequence of repairing the damage of incompetence is an increasing burden on taxpayers. Otherwise, why would we hear about new pseudo-contributions every day that ultimately turn into new taxes?