News

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

R. Kniazevych

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

According to the Law on Local Elections, today is the last day. If we don't pass the decision today, the election will not be held on June 2.

We cannot wait for the decision of the Constitutional Court, as long as it concerns not Kyiv, but all the election in Ukraine.

I. Shvaika

AUU Svoboda

For

The decision on appointment of election in Kyiv should be taken today. This is the will of people waiting near the Verkhovna Rada, and this is what responsible MPs should be willing to do.

M. Lytvyn

Non-faction deputy

Against

What we need today, is to file an appeal to the Constitutional Court signed by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, demanding its final ruling.

O. Tiahnybok

AUU Svoboda

For

According to the article 141 of the Constitution of Ukraine, "The authority of a City Council shall expire in 5 years",  the election to the Kyiv City Council should be held on June 2.

A. Yatseniuk

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

The opposition is to nominate the agreed candidate for the Mayor and will win. In addition, the opposition will nominate the agreed candidate in every district, one candidate in each district. Therefore, we will take not the majority, but the absolute majority in Kyiv City Council. That's why the Party of Regions don't want to put this issue to the vote.

V. Oliinyk

Party of Regions

Against

We must honestly say to Kyiv citizens that we are going to elect a virtual City Mayor if we don't amend the Law on Capital. He will only head the session and represent the territorial community.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

V. Yavorivskyi

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

Primeval rule of people exists no more in Kyiv.

If elections in Kyiv are not going to be held this year (in this year!), there will be no chance to conduct them in 2014, because of upcoming Presidential election.

D. Zhvaniia

Party of Regions

Against

We have no grounds for the conduction of special elections before receiving the interpretation from the Constitutional Court.

O. Myrnyi

AUU Svoboda

For

If we refer to the decision of the Constitutional Court, why not to close the Verkhovna Rada and come to the Constitutional Court with all the issues regarding the governance in Ukraine.

O. Chornovolenko

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

If the regular elections cannot be conducted, as long as they are to be conducted in 2015 according to the Constitution, we should conduct special elections than. According to the Constitution, city councils and mayors shall be elected every 5 years.

V. Klychko

UDAR

For

For today, Kyiv elections is a pure political issue. It's not the matter of the Court, regular or special elections.

Kyiv city doesn't have a governor, and the President is responsible for everything what happens now, as long as the President's representative, Mr. Popov, who is the Head of Kyiv Oblast State Administration, has proven that there is no governor in the city.

S. Hordiienko

The CPU

For

As long as our country is being robbed and its property is being re-distributed, they need the power to rob, re-distribute, and cover-up these processes; and strong self-governance is a hindrance, it will never give away lands, communal property and the budget.

V. Kolesnichenko

Party of Regions

Against

Kyiv is governed. The President and the Cabinet of Ministers will not leave Kyiv without their constant support, custody, and attention. The Party of Regions will support only those draft laws, which are in correspondence with the Constitution and the Law.

O. Makhnitskyi

AUU Svoboda

For

Do not excuse yourself with the decision of the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court concerns only the matter of regular election. Particularly, the date of the election. As for the special elections, it has no relation to it.

M. Tomenko

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

Articles 78 and 79 of the Law on Local Self-Government clearly provides the possibility of early elections.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

P. Symonenko

The CPU

For

The Law of Ukraine on Measures to Ensure the Legislative Reform of the Pension System" was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in July 2011, despite extremely negative attitude of most people in the country. It became the next step of anti-national reforming against interests of our unfortunate people.

Regulations of this Law are unconstitutional; they worsened the pension insurance system, which was effective, and distorted the principles of social justice.

Introduction of the pension reform cannot be justified till there is an arsenal of socially-neutral and economically necessary measures, which can balance the solitary pension insurance system: de-shadowing of salaries, reduction of temporary employment without contracts, increasing salaries, realization of the program for working places creation, which will increase the number of employed citizens.

V. Sushkevych

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

Both Government and authors of the pension reform wanted to extend the pension age for women in order to increase the Pension fund. They increased the Pension fund, and have later used these money during the elections, when they used the Pension fund to work with the voters.

E. Leonov

AUU Svoboda

For

Having analyzed the 2012 pension reform, we may easily see that the half of so-called positive changes was prolongation of pension age for woman, i.e. Azarov's government saved one and a half billion UAH only in 2012 thanks to Ukrainian women.

I. Bohoslovska

Party of Regions

Against

What did we managed to do thanks to the pension reform? It's just the beginning. We have increased the minimal pension, it will be raised again this year, and it means that all pensions are transferred on the basis of increased minimal pension.

P. Rozenko

UDAR

For

In 2012, pension fund subsidy was 63.5 billion UAH. In 2013, it is 83.5 billion UAH. It means, that after the pension reform the Pension Fund budget deficit has increased in 20 billion.

A. Yatseniuk

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

We, – said Azarov's government, – will decrease the Pension Fund budget deficit; and we – said Azarov's government, – will increase pensions. In result, everything turned out to be opposite to these promices. Pension Fund budget deficit has reached 22 billion UAH, and the purchasing power of pensions remained on the level that was 10 years ago.

We are convinced, that the problem of pension insurance is not in the pension age. Firstly, people need jobs. When people are employed they have salaries, and when they have salaries, they can pay duties to the Pension Fund. Secondly, what we need to do. To increase salaries for people. As a result, we will get the Pension Fund filled.

P. Tsybenko

The CPU

For

Despite authors of the Law promised to increase of labor pension, I emphasize – labor pension, it didn't happen.

Every third Ukrainian, Ukrainian veteran, receives 1 thousand UAH pension and less.

I. Ieremeiev

Non-faction deputy

Against

If we are honest to Ukrainian people and understand that the pension reform is infirm, let’s consider in this hall all the bills submitted by the opposition, non-faction MPs, and the communists. These bills, in fact, may solve the current problems of Ukrainian people, and what happens today - is a farce.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

V. Kyrylenko

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

We all know that the pension is provided in accordance with around fifteen laws. One law for members of a collective farm, engineers, factory workers; and 15 laws for law enforcement employees, MPs, ministers, etc. We know this, and people know this too. It's the first iniquity.

The official sum in the payroll is around 450 billion UAH. But everybody knows that an unofficial payroll is the same, or even bigger, as long as people receive salaries in envelopes.

Therefore, we must nullify all pension laws for the privileged elite of functionaries, and create one law for the whole country, where the pension will be given from salaries. In such a way, there will be no Pension Fund budget deficit in amount of 82 billion UAH.

E. Leonov

AUU Svoboda

For

If Azarov and his team would have surrendered their privileges, and if you, dear Members of Parliament, wouldn't disregard people, reformed the system of privileges and pension security, and surrendered those huge benefits, received by the Parliament, the Cabinet of Ministers, and authorities, you wouldn't have to bring women to poverty and wait till men die.

V. Klychko

UDAR

For

The average pension in Ukraine is 1.400 UAH. So, this pension reform has brought nothing but loses for simple people. In this country, pensions rise only for ex-officials. The state cannot be content with the pension reform, as long as maintenance of the pension system has not decreased, but only increased in 20 billion. Such reform is a threat to the future generations.

Ya. Sukhyi

Party of Regions

Against

Regarding the age, tell me, can we decrease it? Yes, we can. But we will have to increase the payroll tax. For today, payroll tax for individuals involved in business is 56 percent. Germany has 30 percent, Sweden has 40, and it provides the full social package. We can't do it anymore. In other way, to decrease expenses, freeze pensions, no indexations and, furthermore, no connection to the subsistence minimum.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

L. Denisova

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

The Pension Fund budget deficit has increase. 21.8 billion UAH is planner for 2013, what is 42% more than in 2012. 72 percent of pensioners will receive pensions in amount of less than 1.5 thousand UAH. The government has stolen 2.6 billion UAH from the people during the year of this reform in operation. This is an effect we received.

Whom the so-called pension reform concern? First of all, the citizens of Ukraine, who has reached the age of 55-60 years for today. They have 10 years of pensionable service in the Soviet Union and 10 years of service during the economic stabilization of Ukraine, and they need 10 or 15 years more according to the new rules in order to get at least the minimal pension.

The pension calculation formula has also changed. The average salary is calculated not for the previous year, but for three previous years. Therefore, every pensioner receives 200 or 300 UAH less every month.

Only in 2012, 160 thousand women had to retire later, what decreased their income in 1000 UAH a month.

P. Rozenko

UDAR

For

One pension system for simple people calculates pensions in amount of 45 percent of salaries. These simple people are teachers, doctors, employees in the social sector, culture etc.

Another pension system is for officials of the bureaucratic apparatus, which calculates pensions in amount of 80-90 percent of salaries. We must step away from such a division.

A. Yatseniuk

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

We are convinced, that approach to the pension calculation for the President, Prime Minister, or an individual working in school or hospital should be equal. Therefore, the Prime Minister Azarov must try to live with 894 UAH of pension which he has established himself.

The modernization of the pension system is an urgent issue. I'd like to remind that prices for food are rising, communal charges are rising, tariffs are rising, and issue of modern pensions is not solved.

We are convinced, that Ukraine should cut back expenses on the President, the Government, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which had risen in 35 billion UAH during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. These funds should be transferred to the Pension Fund, so that we could pay Ukrainians pensions they deserve.

O. Stoian

The Party of Regions

Against

Cancellation of the pension reform – is a catastrophe for all of you. I explain why. I will explain why. If the pension reform is canceled, we will need add at least 7 billion from the budget this year.

Therefore, the Government won't be able to rise pensions, as it had already done 5 years in 2011 and 2012. It means that we won't be able to modernize pensions for pensioners retired before 2008. Transfer of funds from the Budget into the Pension Fund means that we will not be able to do things which the Government has done.

P. Tsybenko

The CPU

For

There is no considerable improvement in the pension system, it's obvious. You know, the Government is proud of 1.4 thousand UAH pension today. But we all are aware of how the average pension is calculated. One official receives 10 thousands and ten beggars receive less than one, and we have an average – 1 thousand 400 UAH. Every fourth Ukrainian citizen receives a ridiculous payment of under one thousand UAH.

Hundreds of thousands of young people didn't receive their first jobs because people were not retired in proper time.

Yu. Mykhalchyshyn

AUU Svoboda

For

When they were rising the pension age for women, nobody wondered where to take thousands of hundreds of workplaces for them. For today, there are five Ukrainian men for one workplace, and you didn't even think about the number of women who fail to get job as a result of social discrimination.

Nearly one fourth part of 14 million of Ukrainian pensioners are still employed. The effective law provides pension calculation for them according to average pensions of 2007.

O. Liashko

Non-faction deputy

For

Today, 5 million of Ukrainian citizens receive pensions in amount of less than one thousand UAH, and a half of people sitting in this hall receive more than 20 thousand UAH pensions, including all communists, who fight for justice.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

V. Lytvyn

Non-faction deputy

For

A lot of people, especially in rural areas, and especially women, do not have the possibility to receive the labor pension due to the absence of pensionable service, workplaces, or because they were taking care of children or old parents. Today, they can receive only minimal pension. Therefore, we propose to determine the transfer till 2020, so that people could receive the necessary pensionable service.

S. Soboliev

AUU Batkivshchyna

Against

What we get is retirement for women in the age of 60, without getting their pensions rised, and the impossibility to get papers done in similar enterprises, as was possible in accordance with the law effective before 1990. So, 420 thousand people will not know how to retire, because they won't be able to receive any documents concerning pensions.

I. Kyrylenko

AUU Batkivshchyna

Against

We will have pensions like in Belgium in five years, but there will be no people to pay it. Didn't the authors know that a 35 year old women can hardly find a job in Ukraine?

Not, give the pensionable service of 10 years. Women's place is taken for these 10 years. Where young girls should go, which are to take these workplaces?

Ya. Sukhyi

The Party of Regions

Against

Today, we are talking about one thing – age pension. There are also another pensions:  long service pension, disability pension, survivor's pension, and so-called social pension. We haven't even considered them yet. Pension reform – is a modernization of a united system, and the development of non-state pension security. We haven't even considered it yet.

V. Vecherko

The Party of Regions

Against

There is a harsh contradiction between the united principle of filling the Pension Fund and its unjust distribution. We need to exempt the united system of pension insurance from paying pensions to citizen categories, which didn't participate in the formation of the Pension Fund.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

A. Yatseniuk

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

The increase of the gross domestic product (GDP) is 0 percent for 2012.

Moreover, 61 percent increase in the price of the consumer basket shows how the so-called improvement happens in Ukraine today.

During the last three years, this Government has borrowed a sum, which is equal to Ukraine's borrowings for all 20 years before. Ukraine has 67 billion USD debt.

Only during the last year, the main countries-investors, from Germany to Austria, removed investments in amount of two billion USD from Ukraine.

The unemployment level has risen – eight persons for one position in 2010, and 11 for a position today. We had two million of unemployed during the crisis, and the same number is today. The unemployment rises every monthly with 171 thousand of people.

According to the official statistics, 72 billion UAH were transferred to the off-shore from Ukraine. This sum is equal to two year budgets.

10 billion USD was spent on EURO 2012. A half 10 billion USD was misappropriated, and another half was spent on objects that are not used today.

M. Azarov

The Prime Minister of Ukraine

Against

Leaders of the opposition are talking about economic collapse and citizen poverty, but we ask: what did we have 3 years ago, if the growth in gross domestic product is almost 10 percent when compared to 2009; industrial manufacturing has increased in 10 percent; housing construction has increased in 1.7 times; commodity circulation has increased in 1.6 times; salaries have increased in 1.4 times. So how should we call those things happened in 2008-2009? Compared to 2009, the payroll has increased in 1.5 times, and expenditure of the Pension Fund – in 1.4 times. If during three years in a row, the Government 18 times increased salaries for state servants and 34 times – pensions for different categories of citizens, where do you see the decrease of income? Besides that, we conducted phased increases, step by step. Therefore, we didn't cause the inflation, as it happened before.

Thanks to the agreement with Russia, we managed to economize when paying for imported gas. Therefore, around five billion dollars were preserved in real economic sector. Thanks to such repose, metallurgy and chemistry were able to continue operating, and the Government received a possibility to stimulate domestic gas mining, and search for alternative sources of energy and energy saving.

The average size of pension has increased in 1.4 times during operation of our Government, and consists now of 1 thousand 471 UAH. At the request of the President, pensions were recalculated for almost 13 million pensioners, and for 580 former serviceman in 2012; pensions were raised in three stages. The average pension for serviceman has increased to 2350 UAH till January 1, 2013. It's almost 600 UAH every month.

During 2010-2013, the Government has increased the level of state social assistance to persons disabled since childhood of the first group in 1.8 times, and disabled since childhood of II and III groups – in 1.6 times.

The assistance for adoption of a child was increased in 2.4 times. The assistance for children under custody has increased in 1.6 times, 1.644 new foster families were created, 286 new orphanages of family type were established since 2010. In general, 12 thousand 137 children are brought up in foster families and family-type orphanages.

The amount of fees and duties was decreased in two times, from 43 to 23, basic tax rates were also decreased, income tax has decreased from 25 to 17 percent, and value-added tax will decrease from today's 20 to 14 till 2014.

A. Kinakh

The Party of Regions

Against

The Government is on the right way. Import substitution, production localization, energy safety of the country, industrial policy, monetary relations, are the basis of the development. And it has already reached the certain goals. Protection of proprietary rights, creation of a favorable investing climate, – this is the way of solving problems and becoming a modern country.

I. Herashchenko

UDAR

For

I'd like to say that this Government is the most closed. You are talking about EU-integration rhetoric, but don't let MPs join you. Today, MPs couldn't come to the workplace, because your guards were pushing them from the door.

The official unemployment yearly rises in 40 thousand. But there is also an unofficial unemployment too. The first workplace is like a catastrophe.

O.Sych

AUU Svoboda

For

The Government hasn't presented the action plan yet, despite the law requires it.

P. Symonenko

The CPU

For

During three years of Azarov's Government, the gap between the poorest and the richest has deepened in more than 40 times.

M. Tomenko

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

If you pay attention to the social differentiation of the society, you will see that the average class has decreased. Today, we have 1.5-2% of extremely rich people, and nearly 60% (pay special attention to this number) of people who say that they have no money for clothes. Today, 90 percent of people in rural area dress in second-hand.

V. Kyrylenko

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

If they are not stopped, almost all music schools are going to be closed in three years, and parents will have to pay 3.5-4 thousand UAH a month for music education of their children.

The Ministry of Finance is saving at the cost of artists, theater employees, librarians, because they say they don't have money.

Monuments, inventory taking and passport system are receive 0.4% of needed financing.

This very Government has started destroying Ukrainian Language. In fact, this Government is speaking in Russian. Every second minister doesn't know Ukrainian Language, and the Apparatus switches to Russian almost every time.

Yu. Mykhalchyshyn

AUU Svoboda

For

The Government of Azarov and the Party of Regions has destroyed 300 schools for three years. During the last month, this Cabinet of Ministers has redistributed 1 billion UAH of consumption expenses at the cost of development expenses.

Today, the amount of indebted salaries is 1 billion UAH.

V. Lytvyn

Non-faction deputy

For

Mykola Yanovych, I often drive regional roads, and somehow I'm always driving on those 2 percent of unrepaired.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

A. Yatseniuk

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

One of the most significant and effective mechanisms for fighting against corruption – is creation of a real and, what is the most important, independent body to fight against corruption and corruptive violations, and giving special powers to this body.

V. Chumak

UDAR

For

This bill allows us fulfill some key international recommendations for Ukraine. First of all, it's GRECO's recommendation regarding creation of an independent anti-corruption body in the country.

O. Sukhovskyi

AUU Svoboda

For

National Anti-Corruption Bureau – will be an independent body, subordinate exclusively to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which will be formed of special subdivisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, particularly Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GUBOZ) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). Unquestionably, only highly qualified protected employees which passed lustration will be chosen.

P. Tsybenko

The CPU

Against

I'd like to say that we discuss creation of a state authority with a special status. However, all of them are listed in the Constitution of Ukraine. Therefore, we discuss creation of a new body with a special status which will duplicate those already existing. Today, almost 20% of Ukrainian citizens are wearing shoulder straps, let’s make this number even greater.

V. Malyshev

The Party of Regions

Against

The draft law on creation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau is worthy by itself, but it cannot be adopted today due to the following reasons. Firstly, it doesn't correspond to the Constitution of Ukraine, as long as Article 17 of the Constitution doesn't provide creation of law-enforcement bodies with a special status, what makes such creation impossible. Secondly, solution of issues involved in the bill belong to the competence of the President of Ukraine, and are beyond the authority of the Parliament. See Article 85 and 106 of the Constitution. Thirdly, the National Anti-Corruption Committee already exists under the President of Ukraine.

Fourthly, the National Bureau will duplicate already existing law-enforcement bodies.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

A. Yatseniuk

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

We want to establish the following procedure by this law: first – a special verification of all state officials and (important!) their family members regarding property, assets, accounts, shares, or any other assets. To disclose information about large purchase and selling in families of officials during the past 3 years.

Besides that, we want to establish a special procedure of expense declaration. Not those existing today, 80 thousand UAH. But those, reflecting real purchasing capacity of Ukrainian citizens. No matter who you are, the President or the MP, you must declare your expenses if you have spent more than 10 minimum wages.

And finally, if you are using any property which is absent in your declaration, you must show on which basis do you use this property and how much money you have really paid to use this property.

V. Chumak

UDAR

For

The bill #2219 establishes mechanism which will allow to realize requirements of the Article 12 of the Law on Preventing and Combating Corruption. The main goal of these requirements is verification of the correspondence between declared income of the officials and their expenses.

H. Moskal

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

Nobody verifies numbers in declarations. Moreover, there is no responsibility established for false data included into declarations. The only established responsibility concerns untimely submission of declarations. Everything else - is fiction, waste paper. Therefore, we propose to establish verification of what officials out in their declarations.

O. Makhnitskyi

AUU Svoboda

For

Representatives of the European Union have stipulated establishment of lustration mechanism, and a special Bureau for its conduction.

A person, who was recognized to be involved in corruption, will be discharged on the discretion of person who chairs the corresponding body. Of course, such things are inadmissible. The introduced bill provides that a person, who was recognized to be involved in corruption, shall be discharged and deprived the right to hold any position for five years. It's impossible to efficiently fight against corruption without the lustration mechanism.

V. Malyshev

The Party of Regions

Against

For today, this bill cannot be adopted I will explain why. Firstly, the concerned issues are within competence of the President of Ukraine only. You all are welcome to see it in the Constitution, Articles 85-106. Secondly, this bill duplicates the Law of Ukraine on Main Measures Aimed at Preventing and Fighting Corruption, which establishes basic principles for preventing and fighting corruption.

III MPs

Faction

Non-faction deputy

Position

Argumentation

A. Yatseniuk

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

In case this bill is adopted, the saved costs in amount of around 2 billion UAH should and could be given to the education and medicine.

The President of Ukraine did not have the right to control many state residences. He had only one state residence which he left when his authority terminated, unlike all forerunners which live at cost of the state till this day.

Prime Minister of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or other officials do not have the right to spend over 300 million UAH a year for private flights, but shall use regular flights only.

Prime Minister, the President, or Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine do not have the right to drive escorted by motorcade in Kyiv or Ukraine, and close roads for citizens of Ukraine.

The bill provides selling of 50% of car park owned by state authorities, which costs millions for Ukrainian taxpayers.

D. Zhvaniia

The Party of Regions

Against

The Committee on Budget informs that the bill influences budget indices by decreasing budget expenses and that the Ministry of Finance cannot assess such decrease because authors of the bill didn't provide proper financial and economic support.

V. Ariev

AUU Batkivshchyna

For

Today, the Government says every time that we should tighten our belt to live through hard times. So tell me please, why do people should tighten their belts, and MPs don't?

O. Syrotiuk

AUU Svoboda

For

If this bill is adopted, we will be able to shorten the Apparatus of the President, Administration of the President, Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in two times.

Realization of this bill will allow our fellow citizens to hope for higher pensions, not the pension age.

H. Smitiukh

The Party of Regions

Against

If one is coming from the moral purity of this issue, he should say: "I am, while holding my position, have refused from the state security, police escort, or other measures, provided within this position." It would be the proof that a person wants and can initiate the reduction of state expenses. However, it nothing like this happens, I consider it as a political advertising.

O. Zubchevskyi

The CPU

For

Those who introduce the corresponding law today, stand for so-called social welfare and cancellation of privileges, but they have forgotten that five years ago they had the power, and did nothing to cancel unjustified privileges.