Head of Parliament Committee: MPs submitted 5236 amendments to the State Budget-2027 draft

This is 1,5 times more than last year and a record for at least 24 years.

Members of Parliament submitted 5236 amendments to the government draft of the state budget of Ukraine for 2027.

This was reported by the Chair of the Budget Committee, Roksolana Pidlas.

She noted that this is 1,5 times more than last year and a record for at least 24 years (statistics have generally been kept since Budget-2003).

"Two thirds of these amendments are the so-called ‘legislative spam,’ which are submitted to speak for hours in the plenary hall, or to demand consideration of desired amendments. If you spend even 90 seconds on each amendment, their consideration will take more than 16 full working days," Pidlas emphasized.

She agreed that amendments to bills are necessary, "but there must be common sense in everything." Pidlas reminded that alongside the budget, the Rada must also vote on other laws important for receiving international financing.

15 September after 22:00 The Government approved the draft State Budget for 2027. On 15 September the document was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada.

The Cabinet published the basic parameters in a release, and Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko called the draft “difficult” when presenting it to the Rada. The most sensitive details of the document range from the actual state of funding for the military to revenues projected based on tax changes not yet adopted.

Read more in the Lb.ua piece "The Government submitted a ‘difficult’ budget-2027 draft to the Rada, drawn up for the continuation of the war."