Ukraine lawmakers to get fat vacation bonuses - $7,000 each

July09200817:27

This summer, 450 Verkhovna Rada deputies will get the total of $3 million as summer vacation money plus subsidies for spa treatment, The Delo writes. Ironically, lawmakers do not know yet (or do not care) how much they will receive.

Lawmaker Andry Parubij says he hasn’t applied for the money yet. Volodymyr Vyazivsky said he is not aware about how much he will get for spa treatment, but says it will be a sufficient sum. Oleh Zarubinsky echoed his buddies in VR, adding that lawmakers will get much less than the cabinet and presidential secretariat officials.

Interestingly, all the polled lawmakers believe they have earned a good vacation, saying they worked hard.

Comment by ZIK

Social surveying center Sofia polled 2,200 Ukrainians from June 21 through June 29 in all the oblasts of the country, requesting their assessment of the political situation in Ukraine.

The stunning majority, 82.6% gave VR the failing grade, with a mere 12.7% assessing its work as positive or rather positive and 4.7% not ready to give their assessment.
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