Secretariat of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko plans to reduce the budget deficit by reducing the pension to certain categories of citizens. The statement was made deputy head of secretariat, Oleksandr Shlapak, UNIAN transfers.
According to Shlapak, in particular, it is necessary to limit the pensions of those who receive a monthly basis more than 20-30 thousand hryvnia (about 2-3 thousand dollars). These include people's deputies of Ukraine, judges and certain other categories. In addition, Shlapak proposed reducing benefits. According to him, the previous elections of People's Deputies were held under the slogan "abolish the privileges, but so far it has not been done.
Shlapak added that the lifting of parliamentary privileges would save about 400 million hryvnia, and the decline of pensions - about 20 million.
According to President Yushchenko, Ukraine's budget deficit in 2009 to draw up a 71 billion hryvnia against the officially projected at 28 billion. Missing for the elimination of the deficit amount, Ukraine plans, in particular, cover of international borrowing. Thus, the IMF singled out Ukraine credit of 16.5 billion dollars, but the republic has received only the first tranche size of 4.5 billion.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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