„I was present at the last meeting of the 50th Parliament during the day, while there was agreement on what should be inserted as an amended text, in the decisions of the Energy Committee in the plenary hall. There was a lot of concern among the miners, so we adjusted it to make sure the money goes to the mines as well. There will be transparency and control”, commented in the show “Offensive with Ljubo Ognyanov” according to NovaNews, the president of KNSB Plamen Dimitrov.
We remind you that with the occupation of the rostrum, cutting the cables of the loudspeakers in the plenary hall, turning off the lights and singing the national anthem, the last regular session of the 50th Parliament, where the amendments to the Energy Law were discussed, ended.
„The MPs who blocked this decision acted quite purposefully against the interests of the miners,”, he believes. According to Dimitrov, about 650,000 people work in "Mini Maritsa-East". “During the meeting, miners, heads of trade union organizations and from KNSB were present”, explained the president of KNSB.
“People who are ignorant about the state of the mines speak competently. 15,100 people are currently employed in coal mining, along with their families. With supplies, the number of people becomes about 90,000 people. From KNSB, we are mapping and making efforts to ensure what will happen from here on to their workplaces. But that requires resources”, added Dimitrov.
„I expect there will be a small dose of common sense among the MPs, outside of populism, in order to “tie” the budget in a 3 percent deficit”, he also stated.
He pointed out that they want a general tax reform from the KNSB, which means that all working people should have lower taxes and 15% VAT. „By 2025, nothing makes more sense than to return rates to 20% on everything to settle the bill. Insurance contributions should grow from next year by 1 percentage point, Dimitrov also said.
Dimitrov also commented on the proposal to reach the maximum insurance income to BGN 4,275. “The minimum insurance income must “grow” with the growth of the minimum wage and become equal to it – BGN 1077, according to the current law. For the maximum insurance income, the expected growth of the average insurance income should be applied, he added.