Oppositionists sent their proposals on the budget-2018 to the budget committee. The opposition bloc proposes to lower the tariffs for utilities twice next year in order to save on subsidies. This was stated by the leader of the party Yuri Boyko during the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Conciliation Council on Tuesday, October 2. This proposal, according to Boyko, is contained in the alternative version of the State Budget, which was developed and sent to the Budget Committee by its faction. "First, we took into account the additional costs due to real inflation, which will be in the next year. Secondly, we propose to reduce tariffs for utility services by half, which will free up UAH 28 billion of subsidies that will have to be paid at the same tariffs. The third is a reduction in the financing of law enforcement and security forces by 40% of today's level.

I do not take the army, I take other law enforcement agencies, "he said.. Recall, earlier Boyko criticized the budget-2018 for the planned increase in spending on security forces. As reported by the correspondent. net, on September 15 the Cabinet approved the draft state budget for 2018 and transferred it to the Verkhovna Rada. At the same time in the Finance Ministry expect hard discussions in the Parliament on the budget-2018.

Original article: Oppoblok proposed to reduce tariffs for utilities to save on subsidies.