Direct speech

From the statement of the Pskov Regional Council of Trade Unions: “The situation that is developing in matters of remuneration of employees of the public sector in the Pskov region is contrary to the norms of the current legislation. The proposed project does not meet the expectations of workers and public promises of the authorities regarding the introduction of a new wage system. Collectives of public sector employees of the region, coordinating councils of trade unions of municipalities of the Pskov region, sectoral trade unions of workers in public education and science, healthcare, culture, government agencies and public services support our position.”

According to the PLN, August 25.

Ulyana MIKHAILOVA, and. O. Chairman of the Pskov Regional Council of Trade Unions: “The developers of the program took into account the maximum number of our requirements and today claims to the content of the law have been reduced to a minimum, while at the very beginning of the discussion there were more than a dozen of them”

According to the PAI, on August 26.

Andrey TURCHAK, Governor of the Pskov Region: “In the negotiation process, we moved in parallel, and thanks, among other things, to your constructive position, the latest version of the bill has undergone significant changes. Not so long ago, the last adjustment was made regarding the maintenance of the rural allowance.

According to the PAI, on August 26.

Ulyana MIKHAILOVA, and. O. Chairman of the Pskov Regional Council of Trade Unions: “We received a response from Deputy Governor Yuri Demyanenko. They calculated the salaries of public sector workers for key positions using the base estimate of 2,600 rubles and applying the base estimate we propose. In the first case, approximately 1 billion rubles will need to be allocated to the budget, and in the second, an additional 1.5 billion rubles will be needed. Trade unions insist on the inclusion in the draft law of the concept of official salary, which should not be less than 4,330 rubles. We insist on a surcharge of 25% for specialists working in the countryside. The position of the authorities is a 25% surcharge for those working and living in rural areas. In our opinion, this is not a suitable option, since many specialists working from the countryside live in the city. Thus, they may lose this allowance. The latest version of the bill indicates the need for annual indexation of the base calculated value, based on the economic opportunities of the Pskov region, which, in my opinion, does not solve the issue of wage indexation, as required by law.

According to the PLN, August 31.

Lev SHLOSBERG, chairman of the Pskov regional branch of the Russian United Democratic Party "YABLOKO": “The transfer of Yan Luzin to the regional administration under the direct control of Andrei Turchak and the actual appointment of Pyotr Slepchenko as the head of the Pskov administration is an attempt by the governor, first of all, to put all the fundamental decisions of the city authorities under his full control. Secondly, this, in my opinion, reflects Turchak's intention to break the system of management of the city's property complex, which was built by Luzin. And, thirdly, this appointment eliminates Yan Luzin as an independent political figure and blocks his political ambitions. That is, all the motives for this decision, in my opinion, have political roots. From the point of view of professional compliance with the supervised industry at the regional level (construction, housing and communal services, road construction, tariffs), this appointment is at least debatable. Yan Luzin comes from a different professional environment. I negatively evaluate all the changes in the work of the administration of Pskov that have taken place after the rejection of direct elections of the mayor of the city. First of all, because the Pskov city government is no longer essentially self-government, it is a department of the regional administration for the city of Pskov. Its activities can be more or less corrupt, more or less adequate, more or less open, but the essence does not change: this is not self-government, this is just bureaucracy. It must be admitted that even under the elected mayor of the city, there were many problems with the quality of city government. But the citizens had the opportunity to give a direct assessment of the person they elected in the local elections. Now this is not possible, and this creates opportunities for city politicians to ruin the budget for the purpose of personal PR and not bear any responsibility for this.

According to the PLN, August 25.