From the first of March, students will receive significant relief when buying apartments, such as one percent of the loan. At least that's what Minister Mali says. Students answer: That is a drop in the ocean of our problems
Minister of Finance Sinish Mali he told RTS that with a loan of 75.000 euros for apartments for young people, the first year's installment will be 93 euros per month, from the second to the sixth year 175 euros, from the sixth to the end of the loan around 350 euros.
The law will be ready after Christmas, and in the second half of January we expect a parliamentary session, so that it will come into force from March 1 next year.
He points out that there are two problems when you take a loan: the amount of the down payment and the amount of the interest rate that is paid every month.
"This program solves both problems. Instead of a 20 percent participation in the loan, which is usual, the participation will now be 1 percent," said Mali, explaining that for a loan of 75.000 euros, the participation is 750 euros, and for a loan of 100.000 euros, the participation is 1.000 euros.
During that time, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, with his masterful spin skills, talks about some kind of state program, which will cause Serbs to return to their country from the diaspora.
The details of the program will be known in a few days, and the authorities are doing everything they can to tell the young people how they got rid of the bag and how they care about their future. They do not understand, however, that young people are not looking for any apartments and programs, but four simple requests, which everyone can see, "in black and white" for almost a month.
Rubbing the eyes of the young
A student from Novi Sad, Nikola Aleksić, says that the words of the Minister of Finance do not inspire him with any hope, and that he does not expect Mali to fulfill his promise within the deadline he set himself.
"I don't like the fact that he gives an exact date when the Law will come into force, since every time he gave some deadlines, they were broken, like his announcements for the Metro, which he constantly moves. It seems as if he wants to smear the eyes of the public in this way as far as student blockades are concerned and draw attention to how the Government solves the demands of students and also provides new benefits", he says.
He certainly does not consider the law useful or suitable for a country where most people are stuck in some kind of loans and debts throughout their lives.
"This does not pay off for anyone and only further encourages their narrative that they want work, while we, who protest against them, want war," concludes Aleksić.
A drop in the ocean of problems
Anja Gvozdenović, a student at the Faculty of Political Sciences, is also not optimistic about the government's pompous announcements and supposed support for young people.
"Banks are the ones who grant loans, and that is on the condition that young people are in permanent employment and have adequate incomes." Anyone who has worked and studied at the same time knows very well that it is very difficult financially to pay the basic necessities of life and pay school fees, let alone something more than that," explains Gvozdenović.
Bearing in mind that part of the young people do not have any financial support, but rely only on themselves, apartments are something that is currently the last item on their list of priorities.
Her colleague Neira Čičić agrees with that, for whom the biggest problem was finding an apartment and moving to Belgrade.
"I rented the apartment, and buying is a mental noun for me." "Students cannot find an apartment for rent at an affordable price, while meeting some basic criteria," she says.
He adds that the concept of free studies is also meaningless, given that canteens and student dormitories are becoming more and more expensive every year.
"Perhaps the offer itself, i.e. an apartment with a low down payment makes it tempting, however, when we draw a line under all our expenses on "free education", we see that this aid is actually a drop in the ocean", emphasizes Čičić.
After Christmas, we will see when and how the aforementioned laws and promises will be fulfilled. While they talk about apartments everywhere, student demands seem to be pushed under the carpet. Nevertheless, the blockades of the faculties are still going on and it seems that the students are currently suffering from some other problems, and they are not even thinking about apartments. They sleep in colleges anyway.
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