The following year we should
demonstrate a breakthrough, when we succeed to ensure economic growth and new
quality of people's lives. Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman announced
at the extraordinary Cabinet’s meeting dedicated to considering the draft Law
of Ukraine "On State budget of Ukraine for 2017", prepared for the
second reading pursuant to the budget conclusions.
"Next year will become a
breakthrough in achieving economic boost and new quality of people’s lives”,
said the Prime Minister. “It is very important that the plans that we approve
are unpopular, they are complex, but real. This is what our Government can do
the following year".
The Prime Minister noted that
the Government had done everything in power to ensure the timely submission to
the Ukrainian Parliament and adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On the State
budget for 2017".
"Despite the fact that
the Parliament, and we are grateful for that, gave us extra time to submit the
Law, we have fulfilled everything dependent on the Government to ensure that
the Law "On State budget for 2017” be timely directed to the Ukrainian
Parliament", said Volodymyr Groysman.
The Prime Minister reminded
that the Government had submitted the draft Budget to the Parliament back on 15
September and had had a series of discussions with members of Parliament. In
this regard, VolodymyrGroysman thanked MPs for the substantive debate
in the discussion of the draft Budget.
"The budget that we had
submitted to the Parliament, it was then approved in the first reading, has now
been prepared for the second reading. It is absolutely honest, it is a Budget
that is well balanced and real", stressed the Head of Government.
Among the envisaged in the
draft Budget indicators, in particular a twofold increase of the minimum wage.
This decision of the Government is the first step in the fight against poverty,
said the Prime Minister.
“Our decision, which we have
elaborated and adopted - to raise the minimum wage twice in Ukraine from UAH
1600 to 3200 - is completely honest, real and it’s the decision that will
enable primarily each Ukrainian citizen employed get minimum wage at the level
of the commodity bundle”, he explained.
“The decision to raise the
minimum wage was our common: that of the President, of the coalition of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine – the Petro Poroshenko Block and the People’s Front”, said Volodymyr Groysman.
The coalition Government has been working for months on this issue and has
found the solution how due to legalization and a fair distribution of the
Budget to reach the target of UAH 3200.
Moreover, for the first time
the Government is to introduce the first wage level in the unified tariff
system at the level of UAH 1600.
"We have absolutely real
calculations”, said Volodymyr Groysman. “There won’t be any
unexpected inflation processes, no switching on machines to print money. This
is a real increase in wages."
"Inflation will remain in
the forecast framework as we laid it in the draft Budget for 2017",
explained the Prime Minister.
Apart from that, from 1
December the minimum pension will grow by 10%. In this context, the Prime
Minister noted that the next task for the Government is to find the necessary
solutions to update the superannuation system to make it more fair and "to
return to the pensioners everything they need " as soon as it
corresponds to the economic capabilities of the country.
Speaking about the priorities
contained in the Budget for 2017, Volodymyr Groysman noted that
there had been preserved the growth of educators ' salaries by 30%, medical
workers – by 20%, envisaged nearly UAH 6 billion to purchase medicines for
citizens, and UAH 5.5 billion to support farmers. By the time of the voting the
Law, the Government intends together with MPs to find a solution and to
increase this support up to UAH 10 billion.
The Government also prolongs
decentralization, plans the establishment of Energy Efficiency Fund, intendsto
allocate the twofold resource for major construction of roads and expenditure
for security and defense. In particular, the Government supports the decision
taken jointly with the Minister of Internal Affairs to increase the salaries
for Criminal Investigation Department and investigators of the National Police
of Ukraine.
"In fact, the priorities
of the Government remain completely unchanged and the main emphasis is placed
on the development of the national economy", said Volodymyr Groysman.
The Prime Minister noted that
after the Budget adopted the Government’s objective is to start its execution
with the support of the Ukrainian Parliament and to ensure economic growth.
The Government optimistically
predicts economic growth in 2017 at the level of 3%, informed VolodymyrGroysman.
However, it is crucial to ensure "this growth affects real incomes of
people," stressed the Head of Government.
"Our principal aim is
that people could feel changes in their real lives. People have been looking
forward to it for a very long time. The steps we are taking today will lead to
the fact that people will start to feel positive changes", promised Volodymyr Groysman.
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