Do you still remember Matovič’s aid fund: No MP has contributed for months, what has changed? – Topky.sk

archive video In the overview of the transparent account, you will no longer find the name of a single coalition member who would have contributed to this account from his salary in recent months. Photo gallery (6) Source: pokladnica.sk The account currently has more than 660,000 euros. The amount of income exceeds the expenses of this account by several hundred thousand euros. The original intention The mutual aid fund was originally established by the Matovič government to alleviate the consequences of the crisis caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. However, it was expanded to include another purpose – helping Ukraine. Both the public and finances can contribute to the transparent account established by the Government Office. The Government Office informed back in March that municipalities, civic associations, foundations, non-profit organizations or churches and religious societies can apply for financial assistance from the fund. No member of parliament has contributed for months, although it was originally talked about Somehow and quietly disappeared the sentence that members of the government coalition will contribute to the account regularly every month from their salaries. You won’t really find any contributions from parliamentarians or politicians on the account. The “far and wide” last contribution to this fund from a politician comes from March of this year and it is 1,000 euros from the Minister of Labor Milan Krajniak (We are a family). Photo gallery (6) Source: pokladnica.sk OĽaNO deputies committed themselves to the intention to regularly contribute to the account at a press conference back in April 2020. At the same time, Prime Minister Matovič also confirmed this intention by issuing a graphic banner on the OĽaNO account on the social network Facebook. Photo gallery (6) Source: Facebook/OĽaNO After a few months, when coalition deputies actually sent regular contributions to this account, a certain amount of money was collected, which was then distributed in August 2020 after the official launch by the leadership of the Government Office. A huge contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan In May 2022, a whopping 1,960,404 euros from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan landed on the account. At its meeting on Wednesday, the government took note of the information about the received finances. After the start of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, a new purpose of the fund was added. The funds are to go towards alleviating the humanitarian crisis caused by the invasion. The fund has a different purpose, the Government Office explains. We also asked the Government Office about what is happening with the account today and why MPs are no longer sending contributions to it. However, they did not want to answer for the employees of the National Council. “It is not within our competence to answer questions directed at members of the National People’s Republic of the Slovak Republic,” said Prime Minister Eduard Heger’s spokeswoman Ľubica Janíková. However, she added that the account has changed considerably since 2020 as part of the focus. “With the adoption of the amendment to Act No. 575/2001 Coll. on the organization of government activities and the organization of central state administration, as amended, the purpose of providing financial resources from the Mutual Aid Fund to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in connection with the direct military invasion of the Russian Federation on the sovereign territory of Ukraine,” the Government Office explains. Photo gallery (6) Aid in the case of the coronavirus has been suspended this year However, after our questions, he admitted that aid to mitigate the effects of the pandemic is on pause, perhaps even permanently. “The provision of funds for the purpose of mitigating the negative consequences of the spread of the dangerous contagious human disease COVID-19 was temporarily suspended on March 8, 2022,” Heger’s office admitted. He also explains the reason. “Due to the fact that, in the meantime, almost all of the financial resources available to the FVP, which were intended exclusively for this purpose, had been redistributed. At the same time, measures and restrictions related to the spread of the covid-19 disease were eased. In total, covid-19 supported 1,138 natural persons in the total amount of 684,453 Euros,” they added. However, there are a number of transfers on the account, where the online donation system in Slovakia, People to People, is mentioned. We therefore asked whether this entity took the competent redistribution of financial contributions under its wing. However, this is not the case. “Financial assistance in connection with the military invasion of the Russian Federation on the sovereign territory of Ukraine is not provided through the People to People agency, but is provided to the applicant on the basis of the Agreement on the provision of financial assistance concluded between the Government Office of the Slovak Republic as the provider and the applicant as the recipient,” the Government Office explained. Photo gallery (6) Source: Topky/Ján Zemiar Do you still remember Matovič’s aid fund: No member of parliament has contributed for months, what has changed?