Grigory Yavlinsky, leader of the YABLOKO faction in St.Petersburg
Legislative Assembly, commented on the Governors decision
to deprive a number of city officials of their bonuses for
poor implementation of the budget for 2012.
"Implementation of the budget lies in the direct responsibilities
of the Government of St. Petersburg. Year after year, we have
observed non-implementation of the law [on the budget]. The
authorities regularly proclaim that the budget is socially
oriented, however also regularly do not implement the key
items of the budget: do not build social facilities such as
schools, kindergartens and hospitals, they do not to build
roads and other infrastructure facilities. St.Petersburg dwellers
pay taxes, and the government in exchange for this promises
them mountains of gold, however, in the last minute the government
reports that citizens will not receive even what has been
planned. The residents of the city quite correctly perceive
this as a deceit and their trust to the government drops,"
Yavlinsky said.
Yavlinsky noted that it was good the city government had
finally paid attention to the problem of non-implementation
of the budget. YABLOKO has been regularly raising the issues
of the governments failure to implement its key task [Now
they have reacted.] But it is most important what measures
will be taken so that such a situation does not happen again
next year, he said.
An urgent, radical and qualitative change in the system
is needed. We need a true and modern approach to the control
over budget. And this is the task of the Legislative Assembly
of St. Petersburg."
Earlier it was reported that Governor of St.Petersburg Georgy
Poltavchenko had deprived almost all of Deputy Governors of
their bonuses due to non-implementation of the city budget.
Poltavchenko noted that he had adopted such measures as the
expenditures on some items were implemented only by 70-80
per cent.
See also:
YABLOKO
Against Corruption
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