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It will be improved taking into account the conclusions of the Seimas committees.
Gintarė Skaistė, who was nominated as a candidate for Minister of Finance, began to point out that the budget does not provide funds for the implementation of some existing laws. For example, the additional indexation of pensions, which will require 67 million. euros.
The conservative Mykolas Majauskas criticized the draft budget presented by the outgoing government for not corresponding to the realities of life. He stressed the importance of looking at the situation realistically, without being afraid of the budget deficit, without rushing to tighten their belts, as this could harm the entire economy.
Kęstutis Glaveckas, who left the Liberal Movement faction, said that the budget under consideration had deficiencies, it was in an embryonic stage. He regretted that the budget foresees significantly higher administrative costs. The economy is said to be slowing down. In addition, the parliamentarian regretted that the comments of some institutions were not taken into account when preparing the budget.
Edmundas Pupinis also pointed out that if laws are passed, the implementation of which will require additional costs, they must also be foreseen in the state budget, but some costs are not foreseen in this budget.
The Social Democrat Algirdas Sysas hoped that this year not as many unconstitutional decisions will be made as 12 years ago. As a result of the belt-tightening at that time, the reduction in benefits affected the poorest people the most.
Valius Ąžuolas thanked the specialists who drew up the budget and assured that there was no fog in it. In his opinion, any budget suspension will cause a delay in the use of European Union aid.
After the second reading, the state budget is returned to the Government for improvement. Fifteen days after the improvements, you should reconsider at the Seimas.
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