The Government will shortly introduce
a bill on retrofitting of the pension system and relies on the support of
parliamentarians, including those factions not being part of the coalition but strongly
pushing for the introduction of the initiated by the Prime Minister pension reform. Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman
announced following the presentation of new services by PrivatBank.
"We will soon present a new bill
stipulating for a new efficient system, and we expect that non-coalition
factions will also support the draft. I mean it is our common objective – that of
the Coalition, parliamentary factions – to translate our economic achievements into
improvement of the quality of people's lives", said the Prime Minister.
He stressed he considered agenda for
this year should include the following: to raise pensions for Ukrainian
citizens, to change the pension system basing on a fairness principle up to
2024, that would lead to increasing sizes of pensions for the retired Ukrainians.