The head of the “Servants of the People” spoke about the limits of the possible contribution of local budgets in the restoration of war-damaged housing and infrastructure.
The chairman of the “Servant of the People” party Olena Shulyak assures that the restoration of real estate destroyed by the Russian occupiers will be carried out comprehensively with the inclusion of communal infrastructure in the list, despite the fact that the draft law №7198 “On compensation for damage and destruction of certain categories of real estate due to hostilities, terrorist acts, sabotage caused by the military aggression of the Russian Federation “is not spelled out.
As Shulyak told Inna Vedernikova in an interview with ZN.UA , there is no single algorithm for forming a fund to restore communal infrastructure, but “there will definitely be different mechanisms for receiving money from donors.” .
“Let's go back, for example, to Zhytomyr and Barcelona. If a decision is made that Barcelona is helping to rebuild, it is clear that Barcelona will want to give this money only to Zhytomyr. And this will be only the target money, the use of which will be controlled by the representatives of Barcelona. Projects, number of objects, distribution of funds, etc. Where do you see centralization here? On the contrary, it is pure decentralization, when neither the Cabinet of Ministers, nor the office of the President, nor the head of the VCA will be able to influence the process in any way, “she said.
The leader of the ruling party confirmed that the Reserve Fund's money, which is currently being used to rebuild infrastructure in four oblasts, is being allocated centrally by the government.
gave some money to perform a particular job. On the contrary, we see the pace at which Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts are operating. And they are impressive, “said the deputy.
At the same time, the presidential party cannot give a clear answer as to who will finance the urban renewal projects.
“I would not share infrastructure and housing. Railways, bridges, social infrastructure facilities, residential buildings – everything will be restored. And all this will be financed from various possible sources: something for community money, something for money from the state budget, something at the expense of donors and business. Now Ukraine has many proposals, and I am sure that there will be many more. Therefore, we will talk specifically about the sources a little later, when we will have clear agreements on funding, “said Shulyak.
be comprehensive and include outbuildings, utilities and utilities, etc.
“The proposed bill does not answer most of these questions, and also leaves serious gaps in the issues for which it is intended. In particular, it has a narrow range of persons and real estate, damage or destruction of which must be accounted for and for which compensation is provided, there is no procedure for accounting and compensation for losses of communal and private economic infrastructure, “the statement said.
The bill does not contain a list of powers of local governments to implement the bill and the procedure for financing such activities, insufficiently regulates the establishment and operation of commissions to consider compensation and contains a number of shortcomings.
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