The OPPOSITION BLOC faction basically votes for all issues that can improve people's lives. This was stated by MP from the OPPOSITION BLOC Serhiy Lovochkin, commenting on the vote of opposition MPs in the Verkhovna Rada. He noted that all that concerns the redistribution of budget funds in the regions and can increase social security, his faction supports.
The MP stressed that the OPPOSITION BLOC supports those laws that allow to reform the system and make people's lives better. All the rest is a game between the power factions, they are not interested in political issues.
"Our agenda is as follows. The first is peace. We must ensure peace in Ukraine, because until there is peace, there will be no normal life, there will be no economic growth, pensions and salaries will not increase. The second, we oppose the current tariffs and demand their cancellation. The state should take care of people when they can not earn enough to provide a decent life for themselves and children. And the third question, on which we are now focusing, is the increase in social standards. Our requirement is a minimum wage of at least UAH 4,5 thousand, a minimum pension of 3,5 thousand UAH, it should grow three times compared to the current one. And this is important for us," the opposition politician said.
He explained that the government pension reform does not increase pensions. "This draft law only makes redistribution in the hole of the Pension Fund. This does not expand the base for increasing the reserves of the Pension Fund. The reserves of the Pension Fund can be increased only through economic growth. No draft law on this is currently being considered. The power divides power, redistributes powers among themselves, and unfortunately, that's all," he said.
The same goes for medical reform. "In the form in which it is proposed, medical reform is unacceptable," Serhiy Lovochkin said. "It reduces the access of people to medical services, and when a hospital in a village or small town disappears, it is a disaster for people, they can not provide all the necessary medical services," the deputy said.
According to Serhiy Lovochkin, the authorities should go another path. "We need to increase funding, make these hospitals more effective and only later people can get a minimum service, do hospital districts. Under the current conditions, it is impossible to go for it (to adopt the reform - Ed.)," the politician stressed.
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