Photo UNIAN. The President gets from the Chinese investment of 4 billion U.S. dollars. The Prime Minister presents Tax Code and the next steps of the government. At the risk of the Constitution.
love and trust. These are the words with which the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, presented the Tax Code. A long-awaited document, born after a long labor policy. Rada approved the first reading, it has been severely criticized not only by opposition and international observers, but also of the same president, Viktor Yanukovych, who has requested the rewording. This led to a radical correction, and the establishment of two versions, distinct and competing, made by Azarov and Deputy Prime Minister with responsibility for Economic Affairs, Serhij Tihipko. Eventually, the two have come to mediation, and, on the day of Friday, September 3, have christened the final version. Which, de facto, rather than love and trust seems to promise blood and tears.
rearranging the criterion of state taxes, the new Code aims to reduce the numbers, but to make them pay for all, with the aim of increasing budget revenues, and to drag the country's economy out of the state of crisis when currently located. The recipe given, specifically provides for an increase in revenue amounted to 200 000 Hryvnje, 5% of which came from direct taxes. A charge will be the richest, who, according to annual income, will suffer a progressive rise in taxes of 17%. To be targeted, including real estate: will mano al portafogli chi possiede più di 100 metri quadri in città, 200 in campagna. Previsto, infine, un incremento automatico dell'IVA in base all'inflazione. Dall'Imposta sul Valore Aggiunto, tuttavia, saranno esentate le industrie metallurgiche, agricole e chi opera nel setore della cultura e delle arti.
"Bisogna diminuire la pressione fiscale - ha dichiarato Azarov - ma a pagare devono essere tutti. Saranno esentati dall'IVA gli enti artistici, giuridici ed agricoli, ma tasseremo i depositi bancari, i risparmi e le proprietà. E' una manovra dura, ma necessaria per la stabilità economica. Il Paese deve uscire dalla crisi".
Categorica la contrarietà dell'Opposizione Democratica, che per voce Deputy party leader Bat'kivshchyna, the former interim prime minister, Oleksandr Turchynov, has branded the new Code as a ploy by the government to bend the current contribution system to their own interests, and to promote only the big industrialists.
"a palliative - said the right arm of Yulia Tymoshenko, on the sidelines of the meeting of the shadow government convened an emergency by the Iron Lady of Ukraine - in the present text are missing the real costs to pay small and medium entrepreneurs. This Code is nothing more than yet another, odious operation of government. It is sterile, will not solve anything. "
Another task, the 2011 budget. At the sitting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday, September 2, Azarov has announced its submission to the Rada no later than September 15, which starts in the short, the process esaminatorio. Of its particular features, no one indiscretion, but it is already clear philosophy, even the budget, together with the approval of the new tax code, will aim to promote economic growth and stability. To this end, the prime minister has appealed to manufacturers and small to medium enterprises to reduce costs of goods produced.
"The government - said - said to be examining preeliminare budget, and the discussion regarding the final draft of the tax code. Otimale project - he continued - and complicated. One cardinal reform, aimed at stability and reducing the time of growth of our economy. "
addition to the budget, plans for constitutional reform. By far, the government - urged by the president, Viktor Yanukovych - is trying to remove the changes made to the Supreme Charter in 2004, to return to the previous version of 1996, which granted more powers to the Head of State. To do so, needed 300 votes in the Rada. The majority - composed by Partija Rehioniv, Communists and Lytvyn Block - has about 260. Nevertheless, the Minister of Justice Oleksandr Lavrynovych, has mentioned the possibility of legal proceedings, since the Constitution was amended in sharp contrast with the procedures laid down by regulation.
"Since the Constitutional Court - said on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Ministers - has a specific control over the approval process of a fundamental law, it will be applied to all orders suspected of having broken the rules. Not only to changes of the Constitution, passed by Parliament in December 2004. Their effect is unconstitutional. "
However, the measure could backfire. As explained by Nasha Ukrajina deputy, Yuri Kljuchovs'kyj the annulment of the 2004 amendments would undermine the very legitimacy of the President Yanukovych, who was elected last February, and diminiurebbe powers. In addition, doubting of the alleged irregularities, the parliamentary opposition has shown that if you return to the previous version, the legislature would be reduced by one year. And, therefore, you should go to the polls in 2011.
"It 's possible - said the agency UNIAN - that the majority is aware of the technical consequences. Early elections could be useful to limit the bleeding of consensus which, according to recent polls, is undergoing Partija Rehioniv. Nevertheless - continued - would be a situation of renewed chaos in the country today does not need at all. "
From Kyiv to Beijing, where President Yanukovych, together with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister Andriy Kljujev Foreign Kostjantyn Hryshchenko, met with his Chinese, Hu Jintao. The purpose of the summit, the strengthening of Sino-Ukrainian, certified by the signature of thirteen bilateral agreements, which give rise to a partnership in various fields.
Specifically, there is a close collaboration between the two countries in the coming years, with particular attention to quinquiennio 2010-2015, in industrial, commercial, and financial. Trade barriers are eased, the simplified visa regime, and control over the value of goods implemented. China, concerned military aeronautical industry of Ukraine, will participate in the construction of rail-airport Kyiv Borispil ', and a hydroelectric power plant in Crimea. Il tutto, per un totale di 4 miliardi di dollari USA, che i cinesi investiranno nell'economia ucraina.
Una partnership economica che, tuttavia, sarà fondata su solide basi politiche. A confermarlo, durante l'incontro con il primo ministro, Chzhan Detszjan, lo stesso Janukovych, che ha preannunciato l'inizio di una collaborazione tra il Partija Rehioniv, la sua forza politica, ed il Partito Comunista Cinese. A ratificare tale accordo, Mykola Azarov, atteso a breve nel Paese.
Infine, Pechino ha confermato per iscritto la rinuncia all'utilizzo di armi atomiche contro Kyiv. Una garanzia - che l'Ucraina intende ottenere nell'immediato futuro anche da altre potenze nucleari del pianeta, quali USA, Francia, Gran Bretagna e Russia - sulla cui necessità permangono forti perplessità, dal momento in cui i rapporti tra i due Paesi non sono mai stati tesi. Né, mai, sull'orlo di un conflitto militare.
Amamaramente chiara, invece, la pesante contropartita che Janukovych ha dovuto concedere ad Hu Jintao. In primis, la Cina ha ottenuto l'aumento della quota di propri studenti ammessi nelle università ucraine, con la possibilità di restare nel Paese, ed ivi lavorare. Una prospettiva che ha allarmato vasti strati della popolazione, dal momento in cui la manodopera cinese, maggiormente a buon mercato, incrementerebbe a dismisura la già crescente disoccupazione, lasciando un numero maggiore di ucraini senza impiego.
In addition, Kyiv officially withdrew the recognition of independence of Taiwan. The island, twenty-sixth economy in the World, claiming its autonomy from Beijing, from which it differs not only in democratic institutions, but also for the high level of respect for freedom of speech, human rights, education, and health. Principles which, unfortunately, in Beijing are far from being recognized and protected.
Matthew Cazzulani
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