Matovic did not linger: Pellegrini and Fico didn’t care how they managed … They were only interested in THIS! – Topky.sk

After Matovič’s speech, the chairman of the parliamentary finance committee Marián Viskupič (SaS) and the former minister of finance Ladislav Kamenický (Smer-SD) also discussed in the session. “Peter Pellegrini and Robert Fico before him managed in such a way that they didn’t care. They simply gave out, it was important that they stole as much as possible during the distribution. one year in debt, “ Matovic said of the opposition’s criticism. According to him, the budget he submitted has more than 300 pages together with appendices, and dozens of people work on it at the Ministry of Finance (MF) of the Slovak Republic basically all year round.

Every minister would like more

According to him, it is clear that every minister would want more. “We promised a different policy than the” direction “did. They gave out to buy people,” he said. He went on to say that his priority was to guard common money and push for reform that would ensure that politicians could not steal common money.

In terms of long-term financial sustainability, Slovakia is the worst in the EU, according to Viskupič. “Let’s not look at COVID-19 yet, it is still a short-term matter. The abolition of the pension scheme at the end of the Smer-SD party government worsened the long-term financial sustainability the most.” stated. He does not deny that the debt has increased. According to him, the key is how governments behave after the crisis, to consolidate public finances and to do everything immediately after the crisis so that the government can prepare for the next one.

“Compared to 2019, not only will public spending increase by 9.4 billion euros, your revenue has increased by 5.2 billion euros. You are spending an extra 7.4 billion euros outside the covido and outside the recovery plan,” criticized Kamenický. According to him, ´necovid´ expenditures, which need to be analyzed, are growing enormously. He considers the budget to be a budget of enormous debt. “If we look at last year, you spent about one billion on nonsensical tests, the former secretary of state packed up on MOMs, you spent 110 million euros, the vaccination lottery cost 50 million. When such money is spent here, the salaries go big zero, “ said Kamenický.

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The bishop responded that they managed the economic pandemic better. Although there were sectors that were more affected, companies did not fail. “When we take the profits of companies, they were almost unaffected. We have better corporate taxes, we have better choice than expected. This will have a positive effect for next year, because companies have reported a profit, taxed it, so they are not “The money we have spent has been used effectively, we have protected the economy, employment and people.” He continued that although valorisation in the public sector is zero, something else can be achieved through collective bargaining. This means that collective bargaining is underway and Viskupič claims that they will see what comes out of it.