The International Monetary Fund called “unbalanced” the bill on the return of all military surcharges of 30 thousand UAH.
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The head of the fund’s representative office in Ukraine, Vahram Stepanyan, told Interfax-Ukraine that the document does not define the sources of funding, and this requires an additional more than 4 billion dollars. annually.
The IMF says loans to finance such spending could further jeopardize the sustainability of Ukraine’s debt, which is already under pressure.
Recall, due to changes in legislation, from February 1, for military personnel who are far behind the lines, outside the combat zone and not performing tasks in the east, south or north of the country, an additional monthly payment of 30,000 hryvnias was canceled. In April, the Rada voted in general for the bill, with an amendment returning this payment to the Ukrainian military outside the hostilities, as well as to the civil protection service and the police.
The first deputy of the Tax Committee, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, said that the amendment returns the allowance by saving on reduced salaries for civil servants and management of state-owned enterprises up to 10 minimum wages, or UAH 67,000.
Zheleznyak estimated the resource needed to return UAH 30,000 payments at UAH 152.4 billion, while the savings from restrictions on the salaries of officials would save up to UAH 3 billion.
Subsequently, the people’s deputy from the “Voice” Vladimir Tsabal registered in the Rada a resolution to cancel the decision to return additional payments to the military outside the hostilities. Until this resolution is considered in Parliament, the speaker does not have the right to sign the law.
The head of the NBU, Andriy Pyshny, said last week that the decision to return payments of UAH 30,000 to the military “does not help Ukraine in negotiations on assistance with international partners, including the IMF.”
The IMF is currently studying an amendment passed by Parliament.
Source: Racurs
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