VR intends to consider draft state budget on Sept.17-20

The Verkhovna Rada intends to consider a bill on the 2020 state budget on September 17-20.

Speaker Dmytro Razumkov stated this at a meeting of the Agenda-Setting Council on September 9, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"During the plenary week from September 17 to September 20, more than 38 issues are planned to be considered, in particular, the state budget of Ukraine for 2020... I would like to remind once again that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine must submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft state budget for the next year by September 15,” Razumkov said.

The speaker has said he hopes this will be "fruitful effective joint work" of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Verkhovna Rada.

As reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to submit until September 15 the draft state budget for the next year, as stipulated by the Budget Code.

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