When politicians want to show that they are "the same as all other citizens", those flesh-and-blood family people usually take off their ties, stay in their shirts, possibly roll up their sleeves, visit rural households, caress domestic animals and kiss small children as brides.
This week Vucic tackled retail chains that have been ripping off consumers and voters for years with high margins. The timing for this campaign was logical because September (some would say along with January) is probably the most difficult month for every household's finances.
The people are returning from vacation where they have worn themselves out, there are expenses for students and textbooks, and around the corner there is money for firewood and winter shelter. All of this should be combined with the uncertain political situation and ungrateful children who turn into blockaders and plenums who want to change Vučić with a colored revolution.
I guess that's why the oxymoronic "walk against blockades" was organized, where supporters of the government, with a modest financial aid of 50 euros, blocked streets and squares throughout Serbia with walks, protesting against the blockades that prevent them from functioning normally. If you haven't noticed the difference by now, during these blockades, supporters gather around SNS premises, carry typical banners and avoid appearing in front of the cameras. Thus, several cases have been recorded where the same persons appear in walks in different cities, with the same learned statement that they recited for the state TV tabloids.
In some places, there was a fight between the participants of the walk or a walking paradox - I guess the back of the column was late or the hunting was unfairly shared, I don't know. I know that the police praised these state blockaders, who were counted with incredible precision 103 people, the exact number of people in the Puzzle!
The president gently called for dialogue with scum and terrorists, and then took five meters of firewood as an announcement to help the citizens prepare for winter. As far as I have seen - beech wood, split, I guess it is also dry, if not, it will dry by winter for sure.
However, after celebrating his birthday on Tiktok, where he blew out candles and received running shoes from the team, Siniša Mali was given the most difficult task. The Government of Serbia adopted the Decree on limiting the margins of retail chains. The measure will last six months and the maximum margin can be 20%, anything over that is robbery and period!
With the first school bell, Siniša Mali entered Maxi on the morning of September 1, pushing a cart with an A4 paper in his hand - a hidden shopper! Currently on TV B92 in the mass of bizarre quizzes there is one where people guess the correct price. The stunt here is that Minister Mali bought 25 items from 23 categories in disguise a week ago, so he repeated the purchase when the measures came into effect. Maxi festive, but eerily empty, which is unusual, because I guess it was expected that the people would rush and empty the rafts. I didn't even see that cleaning robot, with whom I always say goodbye when I go shopping. At nobody's deli, you don't even have to take a number, and the cashier is trained, you can see many years of experience, what is said there and the minister stops calmly.
Summing up, what would they say on Pink, Mali entered the history of television with the frame where he is holding fiscal accounts in his hands and recording the savings: 4992 - 4247 = 745 RSD! The savings is 14,9%, let's say 15%.
Delighted like Vučević with Parisier or cured ham, delighted like Vučić with a package of sliced bread with no margin, delighted like Momirović with hummus or even more - like Momirović with a pair of eggs for RSD 22 - Minister Siniša Mali once again showed that he has no idea about the daily life of Serbian citizens.
For the sake of comparison, the sneakers bought for him by employees of the Ministry Nike Zoom Fly 6 they cost 180 euros, or at least four full consumer baskets with which he took a picture. It's sad that the savings were on only a few items, the biggest being on detergent. The minister can't even imagine what the average shopping in Maxi looks like, especially for millions of people whose income does not exceed 50 dinars. So when they pay for utilities and electricity, which has risen in price and whose calculation has been changed and will soon be in the red zone, they have to spend this much at the store two or three times a month at best. Next time someone might take off his sneakers like in the nineties in the blocks if he struts around in them.
It turned out that this action did not resonate with the citizens, even with those who were surveyed in the state tabloids. Pensioners crossed kilometers scouting for discounts, and in reports from town to town, for example in "Novosti", we learned that the people of Kragujevac are still restrained, the people of Novi Sad distrustful, in Jagodina I guess only coffee has gone down in price, slightly, while my favorites are Zrenjanin, where mayonnaise and ketchup have gone down in price, so people rushed to buy. I guess they have a Dijamant factory in the city, so the purchase price is favorable, they are favorite side dishes for hot dogs or pancakes.
In short, neither economic experts nor consumers shared their enthusiasm with Sinisa Mali, with two fiscal bills in hand. Therefore, the political message of this unsuccessful action would be that voters believe only in "hard currency", that is, 50 euros solar, per walk, meeting or unreserved support, so to speak, "going out by invitation to the location". If we add to this the increased costs of prisons, because more and more serious criminals are recognized among the masked thugs, the price of staying in power is constantly rising. Therefore, that saving of 745 dinars is not enough motivation for unreserved support. That's how the Minister of Supermarkets once again lost his head, or Tom Momirović's balls broke.
To paraphrase Mimi Mercedes: when she puts on her running shoes, in the end they say - she's broke!
