All social rights of citizens will be protected in the state budget, taxes will not be raised. We will not compromise with the promised increases in salaries of various categories of employees, including those that are enshrined in law. This was said in Vratsa by Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov, quoted by Nova TV.
According to him, the State Budget Law will be submitted to the National Assembly within ten days.
„There are two main obstacles to the budget - the amount of pension indexation and the financing of the investment program of municipalities. We are working actively. And tomorrow, within the framework of the Joint Management Council, the topic is again on the agenda, it will be discussed and solutions will be sought“, said Zafirov.
Regarding the call for a boycott of retail chains and grocery stores on February 13, Zafirov said that he approves of the pressure from civil society because it is yielding results. He drew attention to the fact that the submitted bill on maximum mark-ups for basic food products concerns a ceiling on mark-ups, not on the prices of goods. “There is speculation on the topic, so I want to say again that it is about an upper limit on mark-ups, and on 70 products from the basic small consumer basket“, he added.