Go to mediabankMOSCOW, Oct 24Only the factions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and «Fair Russia — For the Truth» (SRZP) oppose the adoption in the first reading of the draft federal budget of the Russian Federation for 2023 and the planning period of 2024-2025, in the other three factions they support it. The Committee on Budget and Taxes earlier on Monday recommended the State Duma to adopt in the first reading the draft budget for the next three years. At the same time, Mikhail Shchapov, the first deputy chairman of the budget committee from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, noting the great work done in the formation of the draft budget, said that despite this, the faction would not support its adoption in the first reading. Firstly, according to him, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation has «a lot of questions» about the forecast of the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation.October 20, 13:18 The budget deficit of a trillion rubles will be covered by the National Welfare Fund «We believe that it does not correspond to the quality of budget preparation even in this extremely uncertain situation,» Shchapov explained. Secondly, the faction does not agree with the introduction of the new budget rule and believes that all budget revenues should work for the economy. «Thirdly, we believe that the government could be more attentive to the recommendations of the deputies. If we analyze the resolutions of the State Duma of past years, there are many absolutely correct and reasonable proposals,» the deputy noted. cannot support it, since a number of parameters and formation principles are laid down that our faction has never supported. First of all, of course, this is a new formula for this budget rule,» Alexander Remezkov, First Deputy Chairman of the Budget Committee from the SRZP, said in turn . At the same time, according to him, there are many issues that are not resolved from year to year both in the social sphere and in the development and support of the economy, and there are no significant changes in tax innovations that would lead to an increase in incomes of the regions. «The LDPR faction considers it unreasonable to approach the issue and propose not to adopt the budget in the first reading. And the issues that we have need to be included in the resolution and discussed, and with amendments to go to the second and third readings,» said the deputy chairman of the budget committee from LDPR Kaplan Panesh. And speaking about the adoption of the draft budget in the first reading, he said: «We will positively approach the consideration of this issue.»October 17, 12:07 The budget for 2023-2025 did not take into account enough risks, the Accounts Chamber concluded «We also believe, like the LDPR faction, that now it is irresponsible to say that we will not accept this budget,» said the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Vladislav Davankov, First Deputy Head of the New People faction. The faction, according to him, believes that the government's forecasts regarding the growth of the Russian economy are overly optimistic, but «the budget is balanced at the same time.» «And despite the fact that we see a reduction in almost all items, we will fight in the second reading to ensure that in some of the most important priority areas, such as healthcare, expenditures are still preserved,» Davankov stressed. “We certainly need to vote for this budget, it is quite flexible, and the situation is such that it will require the adoption of, perhaps, extraordinary decisions,” Viktor Seliverstov, deputy head of the United Russia faction, said during a committee meeting. He was supported by the first vice-speaker of the State Duma, United Russia Alexander Zhukov, noting that in the current situation «it is very difficult to make any forecasts for the next year.» «And in this case, the government, it seems to me, has done its best by drawing up a budget that, in fact, fulfills all the most important social obligations,» he added. And since the next year «may pass in such a way that completely unexpected new problems may arise that will require a solution,» it is absolutely not rational to refuse to form reserves, Zhukov believes.
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