Ukrainian authorities stopped maintaining officials' dachas

The Government of Ukraine has stopped funding the maintenance of state dachas for officials, UNIAN reports with reference to Minister without Portfolio Ostap Semerak.

According to him, from now on officials will have to pay the costs of maintaining their dachas themselves. He stressed that the new government considers the current state of affairs unfair.

The official also recalled that the Cabinet of Ministers is preparing a decision on the sale of the property of the State Administration of Affairs (GAD).

Earlier, Semerak reported that the Ukrainian authorities had begun implementing budget saving measures. He said that an order has already been signed to reduce the secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine by 10%. The government is starting the procedure for selling departmental cars and reducing the cost of maintaining officials, he said.

Before this , it became known that in order to reduce budget expenses and ensure budget revenues, the Ukrainian government will sell one and a half thousand cars that are on the balance sheet of ministries and government departments. Acting President of the country Alexander Turchinov signed a decree on the sale of state enterprises, institutions, organizations, sanatoriums, hotels, residences, and dachas.