Joe Jukic steps forward, Dusan beside him, and the crowd of Croatians quiets.
JOE JUKIC:
Brothers and sisters… our homeland has suffered long enough.
Every morning we pray Oče naš — forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Yet twenty-five years after the Jubilee, the lords of finance — these Judas sons — still refuse to forgive our debts.
They preach morality while chaining the working people to interest, to anxiety, to endless labor.
But hear me today: this will change.
DUSAN JUKIC:
We are the sons of a small but stubborn nation… a nation that survived empires, invasions, and poverty.
If Croatia survived the sword, we will survive the spreadsheet.
If our ancestors broke chains of steel, then we will break chains of debt.
JOE JUKIC:
We propose something simple, fair, and blessed:
A national debt jubilee — a cleansing of the books —
A return to the justice God intended when He commanded that debts be forgiven and land restored.
If the elites will not do it voluntarily, then we will do it by law.
No more families breaking under compound interest.
No more youth emigrating because the banks have taken tomorrow hostage.
DUSAN JUKIC:
And hear this too:
Croatia will work four days a week —
Not because we are lazy, but because we are wise.
Because machines have replaced labor, but wages have not risen.
Because the work of one man now equals the work of many.
A four-day week means 20% more jobs,
which means families staying together,
villages alive again,
and full employment by design, not by accident.
JOE JUKIC:
Let us lead, and we promise you rest from your labors.
Not idleness — but dignity.
Not poverty — but peace.
For I am humble of heart, and my yoke is easy.
Walk with us, and we will lift the burdens off your backs —
the burdens placed there by those who worship profit more than people.
DUSAN JUKIC:
A new Croatia is not only possible…
It is necessary.
It is righteous.
It begins today.
JOE & DUSAN together:
Bog i Hrvati — and may God bless the free, unburdened future of our nation.