Pension Reform encourages the Authorities to raise the Minimum Subsistence Level, - Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stated that adoption of the pension reform and limiting of the maximum pension with ten minimum subsistence levels encourage the authorities to raise the minimum subsistence level. V.Lytvyn made the foregoing statement at the program "Big Politics with Yevhenii Kyseliov" at Inter TV Channel on Friday.
The Head of the Parliament considers it positive that "those willing to have a big pension, officials first of all, will think about raising the minimum subsistence level." "The higher the minimum subsistence level, the bigger their pension," V.Lytvyn stressed.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine doubts that the claim on ruling the pension reform unconstitutional might be filed to the Constitutional Court on the eve of the parliamentary elections. "I would like to see the deputies or other persons appealing the Constitutional Court on this matter," he stressed. "The pension reform and the provision which limits the maximum pensions will cut the deputies´ pensions by fifty per cent." He informed that the deputy pension totals nearly UAH 15,6 thousand, while after the reform it will fall to UAH 8 thousand.