Gov't cuts salaries to CMU officials twofold

The Cabinet of Ministers, at its sitting on March 18, has approved an ordinance on cutting twofold the salaries of Prime Minister, Vice Prime Ministers and Ministers for a period from April 1 of 2009 through January 1 of 2010 in connection with the global financial crisis.

With a proposition to follow the example of the Government they addressed people’s deputies and the President of Ukraine, Government portal reported.

In the process of discussion the Government members have agreed to reduce wages for only those, taking political posts. The officials haven’t supported the propositions to cut payments to the functionaries of all levels and the staff of national enterprises-monopolists taking into account low level of salaries in the mentioned structures.