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In Lviv almost 2900 payments blocked amounting to more than 1 billion hryvnias.
Payments in large cities are still blocked, although the funds are actually available there. The reason is that the Treasury is not making payments. At the same time there is no official Government resolution on this blocking. This was reported by Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, who addressed members of parliament asking them to respond to the problem.
“In Lviv almost 2900 payments totaling more than 1 billion hryvnias have not been made. Of these, 140 million hryvnias are funds for the salaries of public transport drivers and janitors,” he noted.
To prevent a collapse due to nonpayment of bills, communal enterprises are currently taking out loans.
“So that people do not end up without salaries, communal enterprises are forced to take loans. And here a logical question arises: why should we have to seek loans at all if the community’s money is on the accounts but the Treasury does not allow us to use them?” Sadovyi emphasized.
According to him, this is not only a problem for Lviv. The same situation has been observed for about a month in various cities across Ukraine.
“If this issue is not resolved, the consequences will be serious: fines and penalties for late payment for gas, electricity, taxes, and the risk of criminal liability for the heads of enterprises due to delayed salaries,” Sadovyi added.
He addressed members of the Verkhovna Rada, who on Monday, 12 October, gathered for a session.
“I appeal to the people’s deputies: do not leave the cities to face this problem alone. Local communities are not asking for extra money. We ask for the opportunity to use our own funds to pay people’s salaries on time,” he concluded.
Recall that Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko, during a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada on Monday, 12 October, stated that military personnel are paid on time and social expenditures are funded according to plan. Meanwhile, capital expenditures are “on pause.”
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