Zukorlic in Novi Pazar: ten measures to employ youth
The head of the Movement for Unification list spoke with young people near Sebilj on October 7 and will present his package of measures tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Hotel Vrbak.
Usame Zukorlic, head of the “Usame Zukorlic (SPP) Movement for Unification” electoral list, announced a package of ten measures to employ young people in Novi Pazar on Wednesday, October 7. He will present the program in detail tomorrow, October 8 at 7 p.m., at Hotel Vrbak.
Zukorlic and the list’s candidates for National Assembly deputies talked with residents at a stand near Sebilj, on the promenade in the city center. According to the Justice and Reconciliation Party, the conversation centered on the position of young people. Young people, according to a report by RTV Novi Pazar, pointed to problems with transport and unemployment, but also to political intolerance and the need for a more positive atmosphere in the city.
What does Zukorlic offer young people in Novi Pazar?
Zukorlic tied the measures to his list’s participation in the next Serbian government. The goal, as he put it, is for young people to stay in the country and get jobs and permanent employment, free of political and party blackmail:
“We will show how we can contribute through politics and tomorrow through our participation in the Government of Serbia, so that our youth stay here, get jobs and permanent employment, without political and party blackmail and influence. We have a package of ten measures that we are preparing, if the people give us their trust and if we take part in the Government.”
According to RTV Novi Pazar, Zukorlic said that employment in the public and private sectors is meant to let young people stay in Novi Pazar. The measures themselves have not been named so far. At the event at Hotel Vrbak, as announced, young people will be able to ask questions and offer their own proposals.
How many young people have been hired by the police?
As a concrete result of his work so far, Zukorlic cited a higher number of young people who got jobs in the police. He gives the figure of 110 himself, as a difference from the average rather than a total number of hires. The figure cannot be confirmed as verified from the sources:
“We have done a lot in some other fields as well. Even in this area we contributed to 110 more young people than average starting to work in the police. We have already contributed concretely, measurably and visibly in that field. However, we want to multiply that number tenfold in the next term of the Government, in all institutions, but also through incentives for the private sector, which will create jobs for our youth.”
So if Zukorlic keeps his promise, the target is ten times the current increase, with incentives for the private sector as the second pillar.
Where does the youth program come from?
Zukorlic has spoken about a youth program before. During a visit to Zivinice and Priboj on September 28, he said the program would have ten points and would be presented soon, promising that young people would stay and live in Priboj if the list enters the government. The Novi Pazar stand and tomorrow’s event at Hotel Vrbak are, accordingly, a continuation of that announcement.
The elections are scheduled for October 25. The list “Usame Zukorlic (SPP) Movement for Unification” is number 6 on the ballot and has 181 candidates. Until tomorrow’s presentation, it remains open what exactly the ten measures cover and how they would be financed.
