State Duma deputies offer cut his salary – BBC Russian

State Duma deputies offer cut his salary – BBC Russian

• February 24, 2015

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In the Duma, say they are ready to “tighten their belts” in the light of the economic crisis

State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin suggested colleagues to appeal to the president to reduce MPs salaries in 2015. Initiative supported and the head of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko.

“We have to budget adjustments, including adjustments and cost estimates of the State Duma. I asked all four factions of the State Duma to discuss the possibility of reducing the salaries of deputies” – quoted by RIA Novosti Naryshkin.

According to the presidential decree, with September 1, 2014 the salary of parliamentarians is a little more than 81 500 rubles. However, taking into account allowances and premiums, and after deduction of taxes deputies say they receive about 340 thousand rubles.

According to Matvienko, we are talking about reducing salaries by about 10%. Basically MPs support the proposal, and the Liberal Democratic Party even expressed a willingness to sacrifice and a large amount.

The deputies generally agreed that it is necessary to cut costs. The MP from the faction “United Russia” Franz Klintsevich reminded that the parliamentarians “also want to eat”.

“The MP also, too, like a normal person, and also wants to eat, and he has a family, and everything else, “- said in an interview with radio station Klintsevich” says Moscow “.

” The requirement of time “

” It is not populism, it is a requirement of time, we all need to tighten our belts in this difficult economic situation, and the senators should not be an exception, “- said Valentina Matvienko.

Her attitude is shared by the State Duma. LDPR faction on Tuesday managed to unanimously support the proposal of the Speaker, according to TASS referring to the vice-speaker of the lower house of Igor Lebedev.

In this case, the Liberal Democrats, he said, are ready for a greater reduction in salary. “If tomorrow the speaker will say that you need to cut it, for example, 30-35%, – we are ready,” – said the deputy.

“To the economic situation in our country and those wages, which get ordinary citizens, that the salary, which is produced by the deputies, it is too high “- quoted him RIA Novosti.

In the” Fair Russia “is also ready to go to such extremes, however, indicate that it should not make one they are.

“The law says that we get paid to the Minister, at the same time so you need to reduce wages and ministers,” – said the representative of the faction Mikhail Emelyanov.

According to the first vice-speaker of the lower Chamber of the Communist Party faction, Ivan Melnikov, the Communists themselves would suggest this idea.

The deputies believe that saving is necessary not only to them, but also members of the government

“And the fact that it came out today with Chairman of the State Duma – is a serious sign, it is not only a pragmatic solution, but also a step that sets up all on parliamentary work in the correct corresponding time atmosphere “- said Melnikov.

Finally, to cut wages and ready to” United Russia “, however, according to the head of the Duma faction Vladimir Vasiliev, every deputy must separately discuss the issue.

“It seems to me that this can only be done voluntarily, and I am convinced that the majority of deputies ready for it” – quoted by Interfax Vasiliev.

Salaries in government

However, the first deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Rules Nadezhda Gerasimova sees the situation differently. “Resources for this is not, and I doubt that anyone would support,” – she said the agency TASS.

“Before talking about the salaries of deputies, we should see the salary of civil servants in ministries and departments in the government – Russia, “added Gerasimov.

In December, Vladimir Putin signed a law imposing a moratorium until 2016 on indexation of salaries of officials in the Presidential Administration, Government Office, the Chamber and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

According to According to Rosstat, the leaders of wages – the officials of the presidential administration – in the 1st quarter of 2014 received an average of 224 thousand 148 rubles, which exceeded the previous year by 135%.

In early February, a deputy from the “Fair Russia” Oleg Niles submitted to the Duma a bill that limits salary management of state and municipal companies.

Among other things, it implies that the average salary management companies can not exceed the average wage of workers in more than eight times.