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    Arseniy Yatsenyuk regarding initiative on improvement of social standards: I believe the parliamentary coalition will support us
    posted 02 September 2015 18:09
    Economy Prime Minister Reforms

    "To support reform-focused laws of the Government of Ukraine proves necessary for the country and the Parliament should demonstrate unity in the issues of improvement social standards, wages and pensions, offered by the Government," stressed Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk at a Government meeting on Wednesday, September 2.

    He recalled that the Government had put forward an initiative to raise from September 1of this year salaries, pensions, benefits, social standards and the minimum wage.

    "Together with the President of the country we will jointly summon a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. At this meeting, we want to prepare and submit to the Parliament several bills. To begin with, the Parliament should consider and vote for the initiative of the Government and the President – and I believe that the parliamentary coalition will support us – to enhance social standards", said Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

    Another bill to be submitted to the Parliament and much connected to the draft law on raising social standards is on debt relief.

    Arseniy Yatsenyuk has reminded that due to the negotiating team of the Government of Ukraine headed by Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko, the debt worth US $ 4 billion was written off: "Despite the difficult negotiations and confrontations in the negotiation process we could have agreed our debt worth US $ 4 billion to be written off and to extend the deadline for payment of the loans for four years. That is, from 2015 to 2019 Ukraine will not pay off the primary loan".

    And the third draft law to be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada is the amendments to the criminal procedure law.

    "These three bills we are to direct to the Parliament and request to vote for them without delay and provide us an opportunity to follow the way of reforms, to raise social standards, to write off debts and to seize the assets of former supporters of Viktor Yanukovych’s regime and, accordingly, to give Ukraine a chance to replenish its budget reserves, to stabilize the financial situation in the country", summed up the Head of Government.