“Commenting on the economic starting points of this coalition agreement is a waste of time at the moment. Perhaps the people who worked on the document live on a different planet, or maybe they are still drunk from the election victory. Let’s wait for the ministerial positions to get filled and then for them to get acquainted with reality,” businessman Aleš Štrancar commented on the new coalition agreement.
The new coalition agreement has caused quite a stir, especially among those from the business sector. It seems that it is primarily written for the liking of the Left party (Levica) or the parapolitical civil society from Metelkova, and not for the benefit of the economy and its problems. Which makes sense, since the programme guidelines of the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje svoboda) are a kind of “black hole.” Namely, it is a list of likeable wishes thrown together at five minutes till noon.
We asked two businessmen for their opinion, and Aleš Štarancar from the BIA Separations company repeated his previous comment: “Commenting on the economic starting points of this coalition agreement is a waste of time at the moment.”
“Perhaps the people who worked on the document live on a different planet, or maybe they are still drunk from the election victory. Let’s wait for the ministerial positions to get filled and then for them to get acquainted with reality. Perhaps, we will then see a document that deserves to be commented on.” Štancar also mentioned the possibility of the current document only being presented for the purpose of satisfying the so-called civil society, while the actual politics in the background will run a completely different course. The so-called Slovenian left has perfected this tactic almost to perfection in the last 25 years.
Janez Rihter, director of the Rihter d.o.o. company, also commented on the agreement, saying: “I see the coalition agreement as being very complicated. It is too complex, it raises too many, perhaps even contradictory, topics.” He believes that it will be difficult to realise what is written in it and that it might even be too “revolutionary.” Some topics may become relevant over the years, but it is still too early for them at the moment. Above all, it seems that it is primarily written for the liking of one single party – the Left. This brings up the question of whether the Prime Minister-designate, Robert Golob, is actually in control of the situation and has an overview of what is being adopted or whether the programme is simply the result of the very broad aims of the coalition.
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