Agro Perspectiva

Yatsenuik: Living wage will not be decreased and pensions will be indexed to inflation level

27.03.2014 18:13 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) — Despite the cutback in production and the decline in GDP, the Cabinet proposes not to change the minimum wage and living wage in the current year. The Government proposes to index pensions to inflation. This was stated by the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk presenting in the Parliament a draft laws on the prevention of financial disaster, and creating conditions for economic growth in Ukraine (¹ 4576) and on the amendments to the State Budget-2014 (¹ 4575) Thursday, 27 March, Government Portal reports. Arsenii Yatseniuk noted that due to the decline in GDP by 3% and the cutback in industrial production, the Government would have to go through the way as Greece and Italy did, reducing the minimum wage and living wage. «But we recognize that this size is so small that its reduction in the current situation is unacceptable,» he said. «We officially declare that during 2014 minimum living standards - minimum wage and living wage - will not be changed. We will neither lower nor raise it,» he said. Arsenii Yatseniuk said that up to 20% will be cut central executive authorities in carrying out constitutional reform, in particular, the elimination of regional administrations and establishment of the executive committee, depriving central authorities of not inherent functions and transferring these functions to the regions. «But we have to hold a constitutional reform immediately and give people what they own - power and authority in the regions,» he said. «We cut the cost for the maintenance of the Presidential Administration, the Government, the Parliament, other governmental authorities. We will sell 50% of the car park, which state authorities own,» he informed. The Government also proposes to declare the privatization of all state-owned facilities that are in the management of the Ukrainian government agency «The State Management of Affairs». «Country houses, factories, other real estate, which is of no use to the state, will be sold, and we should not finance from taxpayers’ pockets the maintenance of former officials, said the Prime Minister. - That’s why this year ends once and for all funding of reservations like Concha Zaspa and Pusha-Vodytsia. Taxpayers will no longer pay for the maintenance of these reservations. We appeal to those who live there: pay for guard, housing and communal services by your own money and buy in land plots under these facilities by the market price.» In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers proposes to introduce taxation of pensions that higher than UAH 10 thousand. As Yatseniuk reminded, judges of the Constitutional Court decided that if the Ukrainians receive a pension in the amount of UAH 2 thousand - so, for some reason, the judge can receive a pension in the amount of UAH 30 - 50 thousand. «We propose to align system of calculating pensions for prosecutors, judges, staff of law enforcement bodies,» PM said.