“I don’t think so; I think we will never have a government like this one again,” said a woman, one of the people who shared their opinion on the future government and its selection of suitable cadre for ministerial posts with our journalist Tatjana Filipič on the latest episode of the show Glas ljudstva (The Voice of the People). The passers-by also shared what they expect from the future government, which is made up of people who made a lot of promises before the elections but did little or nothing in the past. The people have not forgotten that.
At the beginning of the coalition negotiations, the President of the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje svoboda), Robert Golob, said that the first part was successful, as all participants had agreed on a timetable for trying to catch the “earliest possible deadline, which is the 3rd of June,” for the formation of a new government. Many people believe that it is nearly impossible for them to succeed, as the parties still need to coordinate all programme points and find suitable staff for ministerial positions, which can be a big problem for them, which is also what one of the passers-by our journalist talked to aid. “I am worried about it,” she said in response to our journalist’s question.
“I don’t think so; I think we will never have a government like this one again,” “It will be difficult,” said the woman who also believes that the President of the SAB party, Alenka Bratušek, deserves “another chance,” despite not making it to parliament, because, according to the woman in question, she has not had the right support so far. Most people were quite sceptical regarding the choice of staff, but one passer-by was quite bothered by the fact that Golob would bring back politicians who were not elected to parliament: “And now they are dragging Bratušek back, as well as other people…” said the woman in question.
The people want economic stability and a safe country
The positions that have already been filled by the government of Janez Janša will now have to be filled with other suitable staff, and new ministers will also have to be appointed. It is expected that there will be a purge of personnel from all public systems, but some strongly oppose this, including the woman who said that she works in healthcare and that she saw “a lot of economic stability in this government, and the adopted measures were appropriate.” “Every government has a circle of its own people; I would not necessarily call this a purge,” said another passer-by. “Now we have to accept what we have got and hope for the best. I hope that they will fulfil the promises of economic stability and that we will feel safe in our country,” concluded one of the respondents.
The previous government was better
When the new government will finally be formed, it will likely also adopt new measures, as Golob has already announced. People have certain expectations from the government after the elections, and our journalist was also interested in what those expectations are and what actions they would like to see the government take first. The response of the people to the question of what they expect from the government was: “I expect everything to get worse because they are a bunch of bastards.” “I am not expecting much because I do not think that they will last long – the previous government was the best for us.” “I expect things to get better, but one does wonder whether they will manage to find people who will sort things out.” “First and foremost, I expect freedom, and not lockdowns; I hope that curfew and the ‘state of war’ will not be repeated,” said a man who was mostly bothered by the politics and measures during the time of the coronavirus epidemic.
Retirees strongly doubt the new government
However, retirees expressed expectations mainly for areas that were neglected under the left-wing governments. “I expect a better atmosphere,” “Nothing good for the retirees,” “Better healthcare, a better situation for the retirees – our pensions are low, and the prices are going up,” “I expect a lot, but they will also have a lot of work to do,” “nothing much, I am very disappointed, the previous government was good,” “I expect that they will fulfil the promises they made before the elections, but I am worried about the measures, I do not believe that there will be no more masks, as they promised.”
Tanja Brkić
