The opposition SDSM warns that while citizens are struggling with high prices and how to make ends meet, Prime Minister Mickoski was playing a joke with the people and underestimating their intelligence.

"Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski proudly stated that he was satisfied with the effects of freezing the margins, that is, with the so-called autumn basket, with which prices decreased by 0.1%. With expensive and luxurious watches of 50.000 euros on his hand, this great satisfaction of Mickoski from the historic success of a measure with a price reduction of 0.1% can be due to ignorance or lack of information", reacts the opposition.

According to them, apparently Mickoski does not go to the market. That's why he didn't see that there were no reduced prices, that there was even an increase on certain products. "That white bread is still 33 denars, the price of olive oil has increased from 78 to 87 denars, of yogurt from 72 to 81 denars."

"Perhaps Mickoski doesn't know that the union basket has decreased by only 57 denars?" Citizens have a hard life and making fun of their difficulties is curiosities. Instead of underestimating the intelligence of the people and playing a joke, Mickoski should take his role seriously and do something about the high prices. The first thing he should do is to accept SDSM's proposals for higher wages and the abolition of VAT on food," says SDSM.