According to State Statistics data, the salary arrears as of 1 October 2018 reached UAH 2.9 bln, exceeding even the indicators of early 2000s, Co-Chairperson of Parliamentary Faction of the Opposition Block Alexander Vilkul said, the press office of OB party informs.
“With these authorities, the salary arrears already increased 4 times. Disaster in all spheres. Medics (arrears increased 2.5 times in 2018) and teachers (3 times) suffer most. Since 2014, the arrears to miners increased almost 33 (!) times”, he wrote in Facebook.
The people’s deputy demanded that the Prime Minister reports to the Verkhovna Rada, when the government will pay earned salaries to salaries.
“UAH 2.9 bln of current arrears all over country is just one more figure for authorities in their pallid statistics. And for millions of people, it is the inability to buy products, pay utility bills, purchase clothes for children and help their elderly parents”.
