The increase of salaries to deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will lead to higher prices on the votes of MPs during the vote, said the Ukrainian people's Deputy Alexey mushak, explaining the demonstrations against the increase of salaries for members of Parliament.




"This price Increase parliamentary vote: those in favor want to have a "manual" of the people's representatives in Parliament, buying them for next to nothing ", Greg writes the Ukrainian magazine " News ". Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, adopting the first reading of the draft budget for 2017, which provides for an Increase in their salaries in 2 times last week staged a debate around the decision. Most opposed the increase of salaries on the background of the starvation of funds coming inhabitants of the country. For example, According to Deputy Igor Shurma, " the speaker of the Parliament (Andriy Parubiy) will receive 48 thousand Hryvnia (about 1 thousand 850 dollars), his 1st Deputy and Deputy just put in pockets 1, 6 thousand Dollars, and the rest of the 450 deputies ? 36 thousand UAH each (about 1, 4 thousand Dollars) "." in the period of miserable pensions, humiliating salaries of doctors and nurses, teachers, social workers ? This is unacceptable, It is shameful ", ? he said. However, the minimum wage in Ukraine was approximately 1, 45 thousand UAH (56 USD), and averaged a little like up to 4, 2 thousand UAH (163 dollars).

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