15 March 2011, 13:41
At the today´s briefing in the Parliament, Mykola Tomenko, Deputy Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stated that the Government had failed to draft an appropriate report on the state budget implementation for the year 2010. M.Tomenko stressed that it was only the previous day that the Parliament had received a report on the state budget implementation, while it was subject for consideration in the session hall that day. However, M.Tomenko believes that "analysis of such a document needs more time." Therefore, M.Tomenko expects the discussion in the session hall to assess the state of affairs more adequately than the said report did.
The Deputy Chairman stressed that the humanitarian sector including education, medicine, cultural development, physical culture and sports was not sufficiently financed in 2010, let alone in the first quarter of 2011. M.Tomenko mentioned numerous appeals concerning non-payment of scholarships and salaries at the state-owned enterprises of physical culture and sports.
"Budget implementation is not adequately controlled," M.Tomenko admitted. The Deputy Chairman announced that the opposition would demand that The Verkhovna Rada dismissed the incumbent Head of the Accounting Chamber and appointed another person. M.Tomenko reminded that the re-elected Head of the Accounting Chamber had been occupying this office illegitimately for more than 3 months.
"We believe that the Head of the Accounting Chamber shall represent the opposition, otherwise similar positive reports will be filed," the Deputy Chairman stated.
Summing up, M.Tomenko stressed, "We have not received a realistic budget implementation report, so we expect the discussion to clarify the financial-economic state of the country." Moreover, M.Tomenko stressed that the opposition would raise the question of re-electing the Head of the Accounting Chamber "who would actually control the state expenditures which are currently spent for lobbying the megaprojects."