Member of Ukrainian Parliament Valeriy Pysarenko requests to include 476,3 million UAH into the State Budget 2018 to cover expenses for compensation for travel privilege of certain categories of citizens in passenger transport, sanatorium and resort treatment, benefits for communication services and other social benefits.
The parliamentarian explains this need by the fact that, in connection with the government reform of decentralization, the state refused to finance the provision of social benefits, shifting this responsibility to local budgets, violating the provisions of Article 142 of the Basic Law of Ukraine.
Therefore, according to Valeriy Pysarenko`s words, in accordance with the provisions of part three of this Article, the expenses of local self-government bodies that arose as a result of decisions of public authorities are compensated by the state.