There is nothing to vote for, Government has not registered bill - Zhelezniak comments on IMF's demand to raise taxes

A member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Holos faction, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, reported that the Verkhovna Rada cannot raise taxes at the request of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since the Cabinet of Ministers has not registered the relevant bill.

He announced this on Telegram, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

"There is nothing to vote for. The government did not register the bill. So let them do it first, otherwise they wanted to hang it on the MPs with amendments. All tax changes are packed into one beacon (where there is indeed a deadline like March 31), but apparently the Verkhovna Rada will not even consider it in the first reading before that," the MP wrote.

At the same time, he added that the next review of the IMF program will be in June, so there will actually be much more time.

He also suggested that the IMF may postpone or remove the requirements to raise taxes.

"Of all the tax points, the only real one is the taxation of platforms. If the Government had not packed its other wishes into it, then perhaps this is what they would have voted for. Replacing the entire Government is an excellent opportunity to review the commitments made. Therefore, these persons should simply be sent to look for work in the excellent labor market that they have made in 6 years and form a normal Government," Zhelezniak concluded.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the International Monetary Fund expressed concern about Ukraine's ability to continue receiving assistance from the USD 8.1 billion package, as the Verkhovna Rada is delaying the measures necessary to release funding.