Prime Minister: Those who are blocking the work of Verkhovna Rada work against Ukraine
Those who are blocking
the work of the Verkhovna Rada continue to work against Ukraine. The Prime
Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov emphasized during a session of the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine on January 15, 2014.
The Prime Minister
noted that the next day the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was to consider the draft
State Budget for 2014 and approve it in whole.
“It is the budget of
social stability and development of the country,” the Head of the Government
stressed. “It is our guarantee that during the current year we will solve the
problems in the economic and will be able to better ensure our people with all
kinds of social assistance under conditions of the world recession. It is
evident that just such scenario of stable development of the country the
opposition is trying not to afford at all cost”.
To the conviction of
Mykola Azarov, by blocking approval of the budget the opposition wishes to shuffle
off the responsibility for the possible delays in payments of raised salaries
to the budget employees, of social assistance to mothers and children, invalids
et cetera on the Government, as a result of non-approval of the budget. For the
unapproved budget will lead to failure to build schools, kindergardens,
hospitals, failure to innovate ambulance service, failure to build roads.
“Do tell, the people
of Ukraine need such destabilization of social and economic life? Especially under conditions of the global economic slowdown.
The answer is apparent: those who are blocking the work of the Verkhovna Rada
today continue to work against Ukraine,” Mykola Azarov said.
At the same time, the Prime Minister expressed assurance that despite all that we would be capable to overcome the resistance of the destructive forces this time as well.
“It is vital to consider
the budget constructively, pursuant to the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada, which,
by the way, was voted for also by the representatives of the opposition and now
they refuse to fulfill that, it has to be approved in one day,” Mykola Azarov
said. “So, I really hope that the Parliament’s members approve the decision
with maximal responsibility”.
The Prime Minister
demands that all the Government’s members worked maximally with the profile
committees, MPs and grounded once again contained in the budget balances that must
not be violated. “We must convince the Parliament’s members that only the real
budget will give the country the way to develop stably,” Mykola Azarov summed
up.