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Lviv communals may not get their salaries this week. A similar problem has arisen in other Ukrainian cities. the state has under-received 29,5 billion dollars from partners, because the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers have not adopted the corresponding bills. This needs to be resolved promptly.
On this topic, on the air of 24 Channel, they spoke with Member of Parliament, deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Housing and Communal Services Oleksiy Kucherenko. Previously, the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, refused his own salary until the city’s communal workers receive their funds. He also called on the authorities to change the order of payments at the legal level: salaries of government officials, mayors, and deputies must cease to be first and “protected.” The salaries of communal workers have fallen to the second line. They should be first.
Who is to blame for the state’s lack of money?
According to Kucherenko, problems with payments effectively arose in all communities. For example, in Kyiv construction of facilities that were part of the so-called “stability plans” has effectively stopped. And this problem must be corrected.
In his view, there are very many questions for the government. Essentially, the government by its decision does not allow the State Treasury to make payments. And this has blocked the lives of communities across the country.
Note! In September, the Cabinet switched to an extreme austerity mode due to a budget shortfall. It postponed all non-priority expenditures. Now money goes to defense needs, pension payments, and salaries. In order for Ukraine to receive 29,5 billion dollars, the Cabinet will make all necessary decisions by 15 October. They also urged the Verkhovna Rada to vote for bills that will unlock financing.
Kucherenko added that all budget decisions are made precisely by the Cabinet. And it is very strange that with a approved budget in the 4 quarter of 2026 year there appears a budget gap that there is no money to fund.
Sadovyi calls to pay the communal workers’ salaries: watch the video 24 Channel
Is there fault in the lack of funds for deputies?
In a comment to the Ministry of Finance for 24 Channel, they reported that the reason for delays in payments from the State Treasury is precisely that there was not enough international financing. Many people have questions for the deputies why they did not pass the necessary bills on time.
At the same time, deputy Kucherenko considers the version that external financing did not arrive because of the Verkhovna Rada to be quite “primitive.” As if to blame others. At the same time, he acknowledges that bills need to be passed. But here he has a question for the pro-government majority.
I ask myself why the pro-government majority, which is supposed to support its government, did not ensure the adoption and discussion of these laws. Half of them have not even passed committees. In our committee 20 with 24 people – the majority controlled by Mr. Gerus from “Servant of the People.” What prevents them from reviewing these laws and bringing them to the floor?
— said Kucherenko.
To Andriy Sadovyi’s proposal to change the order of payments, deputy Kucherenko believes that a change in the priority of payments is unlikely to solve this large problem. And he himself lists the income allocated to the needs of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
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