11 March 2009, 15:07
Mykola Tomenko: "Euro-2012" in Ukraine its Presentation of the Country and not only of the Football Stadiums
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mykola Tomenko stressed that "Euro-2012" in Ukraine its Presentation of the Country and not only of the Football Stadiums. He announced it during the briefing on Wednesday before the Parliamentary Hearings "Organization and Conducting of the Final part of Europe Football Championship 2012 in Ukraine" started.
M. Tomenko announced the initiators of the Parliamentary hearings Viktor Korzh, Pavlo Kostenko, Mykola Tomenko and others.
Vice-Chairman stressed in the two most important goals of the parliamentary hearings: first of all make everything possible in order to consolidate all the bodies of central and city power and also mutual actions of Ukraine and Poland for the provision the championship on the proper level and the second one necessity of correction of the preparation strategy: form so called optimistic strategy to realistic one.
"State Program on Preparation to "Euro - 2012" was conducted in the period of rising of Ukrainian Economics and serious overfulfilment of the state Budget. Today under the crisis conditions we should reconsider the approach",- he declared.
M. Tomenko deems that one should think upon the active involvement of the investment funds and business funds. Of vital importance according to hum would be the activity of self-governing bodies that will prepare cities for the championship.
That is why the immediate amendments to the Budget Code should be introduced that will increase the income of the local budgets.
M. Tomenko reminded that for the "Euro - 2012" in Ukraine 1185 days is left.