Th Budget: the Second Stage Behind

Opening the debate on the amendments submitted to the second reading of the draft budget for 2015-2017, Minister of Finance Elena Girzhul outlined the need to define the conceptual approach to the expenditure of public funds. According to the Government, it must be flat. If reduce spending in difficult socio-economic conditions, then in all directions. Profile Committee supported this position and recommended the plenary to reduce for all public authorities funding, including the Supreme Council by 7%. Without denying the appropriateness of common rules, lawmakers expressed concern about the fate of assistant deputies, whose activities are regulated by the applicable law on the status of deputies of the Supreme Council. Mikhail Burla noted that this position was introduced in 2006. There was not increasing the number of employees of the parliament later. According to Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Nedelkovo allocated funds for salaries for 2015 should be sufficient both parliamentarians, as well as all employees of the legislature. The proposed regulations do not affect the number of members of the agency and in the next year does not result in staff numbers reducing.

Parliamentarians supported the amendment of town and district council of Rybnitsa who opposed the government's proposals to half the funds received from the payment of fines and the sale of confiscated property to a special budgetary fund. The purpose of its creation - is the material and technical re-equipment of fiscal control, border crossing points, the creation of an information base and financial incentives for employees. Deputies were opposed. According to Oleg Vasilaty, “the transition to self-sufficiency – is the return to the 90s”. Peter Pasat maintains the same attitude. Victor Guzun in his speech referred to the message of the Federal Assembly of the Russian president Vladimir Putin. Despite the fact that representatives of the government argued their terms of reducing corruption component, their idea was supported among parliamentarians. Amendment of Deputies from Rybnitsa was adopted by an overwhelming majority.

The initiative to reduce the size of executive severance pay for judges and prosecutors caused active discussion. It is, according to the government, should not exceed five salaries at the last position. The judges today have, maximum - 20 average monthly allowance, prosecutors - six. The main argument against the government's proposal involves violation of the norms of the Constitution: rules that change the constitutional law can not be enacted by ordinary law.

The third and final reading of the main financial document is scheduled for December 24.