Photo: RTS screenshotDuring tonight's guest appearance on RTS, which was on the occasion of the anniversary of his second term as president, Vučić spoke about his achievements and intentions for the future. He announced higher salaries and pensions, as well as that Kosovo will remain in Serbia, that he will not change the Constitution in order to run again, and that the Belgrade and parliamentary elections can be held whenever the opposition wants.
The anniversary of Aleksandar Vučić's second term as President of Serbia was the occasion and topic of his guest appearance on RTS tonight.
"This will be remembered as the best time." Generationally it will be much better. We succeeded in building infrastructures, building hospitals and clinical centers," said Vučić, answering the first question - whether history will be kind to him.
He managed to preserve peace and stability without jeopardizing national interests and because of the "dramatic increase in the standard of living of the citizens of Serbia", he explained.
He spoke about the standard in the second part of the show, he announced that topic several times during the show, which lasted an hour and a half.
"In 2012 the average pension was 203 euros. In 2014, after the reduction of part of the pension, it goes to 192,5 euros. Today, after the increase in 2022, it reaches 323 euros. In addition, we also include social benefits for those who did not pay contributions to the pension fund. We will end the year with an average pension of 387 euros. In 2024, we will reach an average pension of between 424 and 434 euros. At the end of 2025, we will reach an average pension of 450 euros (+-10 euros), and there will be tremendous growth in the event of the end of the war in Ukraine," Vučić promised.
He then promised that "the average salary in Serbia will be 930 euros, in 2025 it will be 1025 euros, and 1124 euros at the end of 2025." Belgrade will have 1455 euros, and Vojvodina 1071. It is important to change so that there is more in Vojvodina. For us, the whole of central Serbia will be 930 euros."
After that, he said that after the end of his mandate, "Kosovo will be in Serbia. After me, ask someone else. I think we will suffer a lot, especially our people in Serbia."
He announced that block B-3 in Kostolac will be completed by the end of the year, and said that gold reserves are at historical levels.
He also said, "I cannot run for office anymore and I have no problem with that, and no one will change the Constitution because of that." I know my limits".
He is proud that Serbia is one of the few countries that is on the European path and that has an independent policy, i.e. that "ambassadors do not decide who will be the minister by pubs". He reminded that everyone said that Zorana Mihajlović must not be replaced.
"She was replaced." Someone lied all the time and someone did not believe that Serbia is a free country. Serbia is a free and independent country. "Serbia itself makes the decisions it wants," he said and added that they also said that Aleksandar Vulin should not be appointed to the post of BIA.
Speaking about Minister Rade Basta, who is demanding the introduction of sanctions against Russia, he said that "Rade Basta likes sanctions to be introduced, not because he is understood, but because he likes to be loved by others. But not in the people, but those who think they are the most powerful in the world, but I have nothing against as long as Ana Brnabić wants to put up with it, let her put up with it".
He never uttered the phrase "Serbian world", the president said, and that he does not think anything of it and that some in the region abuse it.
"The specter of the Serbian world is circulating in the region and Europe, which they invented themselves," he said, paraphrasing the beginning of Karl Marx's Capital.
Allegations about the Serbian world serve to ensure that Serbia must not ask, he says, about the position of Serbs in the region. "Am I not allowed to ask Slovenians why Serbs cannot be a national minority, while everyone else can?" I can't ask because I'm a Serb and that's how I'm going back in time."
He revealed that Novi Pazar, Sjenica and Tutin receive four times more money from the state than they earn and that "there is no such disproportion anywhere in Serbia".
He said that Montenegro always has an extended hand from Serbia, as did Jakov Milatović. "Anything they want us to do together, we are ready to do it together." I have no expectations, maybe I have hopes that Montenegro will not be anti-Serbian."
He also announced that Serbia will be the first in Europe to have robots.
"Anna told me before the show that we have a request for 9.840 residence permits from young people from Russia. Those people are satisfied with the reception that Serbia provided them. We also have 5.000 applications for work permits. People are fantastic experts and we will have the first robots that will deliver things to people's houses on the water in Belgrade. We will be the first in Europe to do so. We will have a field where we will test driverless vehicles," said Vučić.
He also talked about lithium.
"We made a catastrophic mistake with lithium." Foreign services destroyed our country and in five years stopped our growth. "How stupidly we did it, I would eat myself alive," he said.
Vučić also said that the Belgrade elections will be held when the Freedom and Justice Party president Dragan Đilas wants it, but that it is not realistic that it will be in July, but in the fall, as well as that the parliamentary elections will be held when the opposition requests it.
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