Regions Party MP Anna Herman has said that a rise in social welfare payments in Ukraine would not cause inflation to rise, the party's press service reported on Tuesday.
“The money will be used for investments into the economy. The
purchasing power of people will rise. More butter and sausages will be
produced. And those people who talk about the threat of inflation are
only trying to justify their lack of attention to the people,” Herman
said.
The MP also said that the government uses double standards.
“If Tymoshenko were in the opposition, she would go back and forth
in Ukraine, shouting about the necessity to raise salaries and
pensions. But being in power, she is forced to speak about the
impossibility of improving the life of Ukrainians. This is a bright
example of the double standards of the premier. This is the same as
when she promised to make the Ukrainian language the second state
language in the east, and to leave only the Ukrainian language in the
west,” the MP said.
As reported, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, voted down on
September 1 a bill on raising the living wages and minimum subsistence
level. The Regions Party proposed that the minimum wage should be
increased to UAH 1,500 and that the pension should rise to UAH 1,300.
The bill was supported by 200 MPs, with the necessary minimum being
226. Immediately after the vote, members of the Regions Party faction
blocked the parliament’s rostrum and presidium.
