Budget-2026: MPs set a 19-year record for the number of amendments - committee chairman
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3339 amendments have been submitted to the draft Budget-2026, which is 59% more than last year. This broke a 19-year record, exceeding the 2022 figure.
People's deputies submitted a record number of amendments to the draft State Budget for 2026 in 19 years - 3339, reported People's Deputy, head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Budget Roksolana Pidlasa on Facebook, writes UNN.
People's deputies broke a 19-year record for the number of amendments to the budget. 3339 amendments were submitted to the draft Budget-2026, which is more than 59% more than last year.
According to her, 2098 amendments were submitted to the Budget-2025.
"Who submitted the most amendments? European Solidarity - 910 pieces, Servant of the People - 652 pieces, MFO "Smart Politics" - 470 pieces, Holos - 437 pieces," the MP indicated.
According to her, the "most fruitful works" are by the following deputies: Herasymov A. (ES) - 662 amendments, Zhelezniak Ya. (Holos) - 254 amendments, Razumkov D. - 254 amendments.
"If we spend at least 90 seconds on considering each amendment, then their hearing will last more than 10 full working days," Pidlasa noted.
Addition
On September 15, the draft Budget-2026 was submitted to the Rada. The government's draft provides for expenditures of UAH 4.8 trillion and revenues of UAH 2.826 trillion. The deficit of Budget-2026 is projected at 18.4% of GDP, and the need for external financing is UAH 2.079 trillion.