President of the country Alexander Lukashenko decided to note his decree according to which all able-bodied citizens of the republic who do not work and do not pay taxes should annually pay a fee of about $ 250. The corresponding decree was signed by the head of state on Friday morning, January 26.

As it is said on the official website of the President of Belarus, the new Decree does not include norms on the levying of a fee for working public non-working citizens to finance public spending. In this case, persons previously recognized as payers of this fee are exempted from paying it.

At the same time, the document specifies that from 1 January 2019, non-working citizens will fully pay for state-subsidized services, but may be exempted from this in case of a difficult life situation.

Naopmnm, in August 2017, Lukashenka said that it is necessary to force 300,000 citizens of the country.

As reported URA-Inform, the tax on parasites was signed by Alexander Lukashenko in April 2015. According to him, all able-bodied, but not working and not paying taxes for six months, the residents of the republic must annually pay a fee of about 250 dollars.