Photo: Rade Prelić/TanjugThe progressive campaign adapted very quickly to the war crisis: it consciously evokes existential fears among citizens and suggests that only by voting for Vučić at all levels can they save themselves from starvation and ruin
The war in Ukraine and its consequences for world politics and economy changed the tone of the election campaign Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party. In the foreground is no longer the golden progressive age, which will become even more golden, but jingles on the radio lasting a few seconds such as: "peace, stability, Vučić".
The President is no longer in the foreground as a tireless builder and genius economist who brings prosperity to the people, but the President as a barrier between the Serbs and chaos, the only person who can ensure that citizens do not go hungry and are not caught in the whirlwind of war.
On Saturday night, Vučić said that the people of Serbia must understand that everything will not be easy, because everyone must know that because of the crisis in Ukraine, nothing is the same anymore and no one can know what will happen tomorrow.
He immediately said that salaries in the public sector and pensions will not be delayed, that the state will also help private individuals if the crisis continues, but that there will be enough food, because it was provided on time.
"I will not lie to our people," Vucic said after saying that he did not know what tomorrow would bring, after which he said that he had provided food. "The situation is getting more and more difficult every day in every area." You don't know what tomorrow brings. Every day brings a new problem, especially for fruit and vegetable growers. This creates countless problems. No matter what you do, every day a new problem arises."
He then explained to the people that the "Russian-Ukrainian conflict" is the biggest in Europe since the Second World War and that a bigger economic crisis is threatening, so, since he introduced a world war into the game, that Serbia will replenish all its stocks in the next 16-17 days , including those with fuel, so that the tanks are "up to the cap".
Parliamentary, presidential and Belgrade elections will be held on April 3, 21 days from now.
Vučić explained to the people that we are preparing to endure more than others, but that things change from day to day and that, he emphasized again, the situation is problematic, that it is not the way it is perceived, although he did not say how it is perceived.
At this moment, Vučić said, a decision cannot be made about free kindergartens because of the crisis and because we do not know what tomorrow will bring, once again, and that he will wait until after the elections and see if around May 1 they can to "make the educators happy" with about 10.000 dinars.
And the Serbian people in Kosovo should not be afraid either, because there will be enough of all basic foodstuffs, said the director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petković.
The people should not fear for their money either, because the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has enough money and knows how to react adequately in the circumstances of the current geopolitical tensions in order to preserve stability, said the governor of the NBS, Jorgovanka Tabaković, and that "we met this crisis with a record high level of foreign exchange reserves of 16,5 billion euros and we have enough funds and skills to preserve the stability that has no alternative", that is, Vučić has no alternative.
The opposition has still not found an answer to this change in the propaganda course, which presents Vučić and SNS as saviors due to dynamic war events.
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