Above The state owes BGN 1 billion and 300 million of construction companies for repair, maintenance and construction of roads. From this money until the end of the year can be allocated BGN 222 million by the state for already invoiced contracts. An additional 100 million will be given to ensure the cleaning and maintenance of roads in the winter.
He said this before the parliamentary committee on budget and finance the Minister of Finance Asen Vassilev. The remaining billion will be paid to the companies in equal tranches over the next two years. Initially, Vassilev insisted the payment should have a longer horizon and be rescheduled for 5 years, but the commission adopted shortened terms.
He also did not accept the proposal of the Minister for the guarantees that the state accepts from the companies to be only banking, not insurance. The argument – units will be those large companies that will be able to meet the tight criteria for a bank guarantee.
Total There are 3.7 billion the obligations of the state to construction companies, but the financial department only admits the 1.3 billion in question. The rest contracts were given to the prosecution.
Road Chamber: 60% of the money now, not to mention only Hemus Motorway
They were not paid the money for February and March 2021.
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“People and companies that have done their job should get their money,” he said in support of the cabinet’s proposal. Rumen Gechev from the BSP. “However, are there any personnel changes in the responsible institutions that allowed these criminal contracts to happen?” He asked.
The contracts in question were concluded by state “Highways” with subcontractors.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the state company “Highways” Desislava Hristova complained that he did not find understanding among MPs in his request in-house orders for millions to be reformatted as subcontracts. This would start fresh, and the other option would be to terminate the contracts, the state would lose billions, and strategic infrastructure projects such as the Hemus Motorway would not be implemented.
We remind you that Minister Komitova established at the very beginning of her work taking on additional orders from companies in road construction and repairs for which money was not provided. She called these companies “slaves,” which she did the wrath of the Chamber of Builders in Bulgaria.
It was the money for roads that was among the few points in the update of the “big” budget for 2021, which the deputies managed to adopt before the plenary session, which starts at 2 pm on Friday. The Committee on Budgets is due to hold an extraordinary meeting next week to adopt the rest of the bill before it expires. the life of the National Assembly.
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GERB abandoned the budget committee in the name of the controversial work
While discussing the budget of the Health Insurance Fund and the update of the entire Budget 2021
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The deputies also reached an understanding that the NHIF budget should be balanced. They agreed on the allocation of BGN 2 million for dental prostheses, which was one of the controversial points yesterday, due to which the document was returned to the commission. However, a number of unresolved issues remain regarding the financing of hospital and pre-hospital care.
At its sitting today, the parliament should adopt the final budget of the National Health Insurance Fund.
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