If someone does not know yet, or just got here for the first time, then I will remind you that a full-scale war is going on in my country (today is the 261st day).
Times are very difficult. Too complicated for many.
I am still able to write, publish, convey different thoughts and moods to people.
Today my blog is about what Ukrainian politics is, a little about how it works in conditions of war and what expenses are foreseen for 2023.
It has long been no mystery to me that the Ukrainian space is one of the most corrupt in the world. Somewhere nearby russia also smells. In this regard, we are not very far from it.
When a country faces such difficulties as war, one wants to believe in change. And not just any, but radical, essential, such that change for the better.
But for the general political public, war is not a basis for transformation, on the contrary, it is an opportunity to steal more, to feel more inviolable (due to the martial law and the impossibility of organizing rallies), to adopt convenient laws at their discretion.
On this page, I will not greatly develop the political topic of Ukraine, because it is a separate layer for the conversation. I will post only the text version of one Ukrainian appeals, which lists the costs included in the Ukrainian budget for 2023:
“Congratulations, friends. Let’s agree right away that I won’t use foul language. I will give you dry numbers. And after this video, you can decide whether to mourn or be happy for our deputies.
Changes were made to the budget for 2023, with which deputies of the Verkhovna Rada allocated additional funds for the Verkhovna Rada maintenance.
And now each of them will receive:
- UAH 107000 per month (~$2675).
- + UAH 78 000 per month (~1950 dollars) he will receive for his assistant consultant.
- 8000 hryvnias (~ $200) per year they will receive a so-called assistant consultant for travel.
- UAH 238000 (~ $5950) they will receive per year reimbursement of the housing they rent in Kyiv.
- 7500 hryvnias per month (~$187.5) they will receive compensation for traveling around Ukraine to carry out their parliamentary activities.
- 5000 hryvnias per month (~$125) they will receive for phone calls.
- 2000 hryvnias per month (~$50) they will receive for the maintenance of their office, where they probably conduct parliamentary activities.
- 1500 hryvnias (~ $37.5) they receive for office supplies with which they will carry out their parliamentary activities.
If we add it all up and divide it by 12 months, then each deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine costs us 221500 UAH per month. (~$5537.5)
In a warring country, in a country where medical workers are cut, where teachers receive 0.5, at best 0.75 rates, in a country with a total budget deficit, in a country that is financially supported by all the countries of the world. Do you think this is fair? I said everything. Now you can use foul language.” ⓒ Oleksandr Tsebriy
Let me add – this is only the iceberg tip that ordinary mortals observe on the horizon.
There are many examples of suboptimal use of funds received in the budget or provided as aid by other countries.
These are only 450 deputies who receive 5537 dollars a month with a minimum salary of 6700 hryvnias (~$167.5) for another population.
The economic sector’s transparency has never been a strong point of Ukrainian space. All important decisions are made without general agreement.
No one asks the masses what is better (with the rare exception of referendums).
Everything is decided by a handful of “chosen ones”, who so far in Ukraine work for their own comfort in extremely difficult military conditions.
If these expenses for deputies could somehow be digested in peacetime, during the country’s heyday (although this has not happened yet), then today you really want to curse.
What future awaits Ukraine with such an attitude of the powerful?
Note: The nearest figures in dollars are added by the author of this blog for convenience, at the exchange rate of UAH 40 for 1 dollar.
