As in any parliamentary democracy, the country with the highest growth is understood, and our president, since he rarely appears on television, held the Annual Press Conference, which was broadcast live by all television stations.
The President first said, good evening, and then said that he had been thinking for a long time about how to start his address, "which should summarize the previous year and provide development horizons", whether to start with what the GDP is, which projects have been realized, however, he decided to take a different approach, to talk about what is most important, namely children and little people.
So he said that Corona has arrived, "since we noticed it", that we lost a lot of people, but that we forgot about young people, elementary school, high school and university students, and that many fewer children were born, so each first child will receive 300.000 dinars, and the following children will receive far more that. They also prepared a new measure, all persons aged 16 to 29 years, 11 months and 30 days, to show their attention, they just need to apply, and on February 1st they will receive 100 euros each, which is about one million and 50 thousand persons... All medical workers will still receive 10.000 dinars each, and on February 10, all pensioners will receive 20.000 dinars each, which is 2.930.000 people.
Then it was up to us. growth last year was exactly 7,5 percent, it is the highest after Ireland, but they calculate it differently there, so in the last two years we have had the highest growth in Europe. Whether he received a few letters, whether he talked to the people who organized the protests, and he has to say, after looking at everything, they will ask to give up the minihydroelectric power plants, so that people can sleep peacefully, they will save the rivers...
He also emphasized that the upcoming referendum is also important, because it is not a political or party referendum, but because of the European future, because it will help us to have an independent judiciary and an independent prosecutor's office, which we have not had until now, to be proud of an independent judiciary and an independent prosecutor's office. , because it is a higher degree of democracy in the country...
He also said what is his biggest wish in 2022, so that he wouldn't be asked, he hasn't been to sports events for a long time, he hasn't been to the sea, he hasn't been to a mountain, well, before the match with Portugal he had that feeling, and his wish is to in the second Serbia plays in the semi-finals of the World Cup in half of the year, when we can have the biggest growth, we can also reach the semi-finals.
Then there were questions from the journalists, as usual everyone asked from the top of their heads, and Julio from "Tanjug", and Rad from "Jedinstva", and Gotac from "Pink", the only journalist from "N1", read the question, which the president said was not a question, but political tract. The President asked for it to be shortened, although he can stand it, so he stated that he did not leave the Assembly for 13,5 hours.
The best question, as you know, was asked by Goca from "Pink", who asked what three things she is most proud of and what three things she is not proud of. The president was also ready for that difficult question, first of all proud of how they fought with corona, secondly by building infrastructure, and thirdly by dialogue and talking with people, because it is important to hear people and respond to criticism. There are many more things that he is not satisfied with, and most of all he is not satisfied with himself, even though this year also passed without rest, sea and mountains...
In the end, not related to this fascinating annual address, to say that "Istinomer", based on the votes of website visitors, declared the President's statement "I don't often appear on television" as the Lie of the Year. That's why in the new year it should be stabilized, so that the president can be seen more on television. In the name of the president - who, in addition to Mica from the EPS, has many other Mica's - to change his name to Mica, Mica is beautiful, Mica is smart, Mica looks, and Mica is the last liar.
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