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Prime Minister Denis Shmigal believes that the decentralization reform is one of the most successful in Ukraine. According to him, “it became easier for citizens to approach the authorities.”
He said this on the air of the television channel Ukraine 24.
Shmygal says that as a result of decentralization, local authorities have been strengthened and local communities “received land, money and powers, and with them responsibility.”
“Today everything is in the localities. Two million hectares of agricultural land have been transferred, 509 billion is the size of local budgets in 2021. All power and responsibility have been transferred to the presidents of communities and elected councils” said the prime minister.
Communities have become “a powerful tool with little distance to power,” he said.
“Anyone can go to the leader of their choice, and he must answer the question, because he has the money and the authority to manage the processes,” Shmygal said.
According to the prime minister, this reform is a breakthrough for Ukraine.
“Mayors will become responsible business executives and stop getting involved in politics, as they need to manage the economy. This is the most important indicator by which society will evaluate the effectiveness of a local manager, not a politician,” he added Shmygal.
We will recall, the Verkhovna Rada adopted as a basis the bill on the reorganization of communities and regions. We are talking about bill No. 3651-d. New regions will appear in Ukraine.
In particular, 136 regions will be created in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and regions, of which 17 – in the temporarily occupied territory of the regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk. In addition, the existing 490 districts are being liquidated.
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