It is not possible to answer the question "Who determines the political agenda" and "Of course the government determines it".
Because, instead of determining the political agenda, the government is trying to catch up with the agenda determined by the opposition.
In other words, the opposition has taken the lead in determining the political agenda!
When a problem arises, the government refuses to accept it first!
It even tries to prove that there is no such problem.
When the opposition takes action and begins to explain how to solve the problem, then the government jumps in, saying "only we can solve this problem".
And thus, an image appears as if it is following the opposition in determining the political agenda.
Isn't it exactly what we said about the loan debts of students? It just happened!
Students who received loans while studying at university began to complain about the interest applied to the loans they received. And they demanded that this interest be abolished. The government first said that this is not interest.
But whenever the opposition urged students not to pay the loan interest, they then took action to remove the interest.
If they had done this before the opposition called on students not to pay the loan interest, there would have been no doubt that the political agenda would have been determined by them!
They lost the ball to the opposition by showing an example of great shortsightedness.
The opposition always sets the agenda, not only in the loan issue of students, but also in many other issues.
The government is rushing to catch the agenda set after the opposition.
Now the opposition is setting the agenda on Retirement Age Victims (EYT).
The government is also trying to create the "we own the business" mood.
Yes, the task of setting the political agenda has been carried out by the opposition for a long time.
The government, on the other hand, seems to have lost its grip on this issue.
The opposition is expressing views on the country's problems.
The government is obliged to take steps in line with these views.
We think that the question “who sets the political agenda” finds its answer in this way!