During his speech at the Verkhovna Rada, Petro Poroshenko said that the authorities refused the proposal to create a special target fund for the needs of the Defense Forces. As you know, European Solidarity insisted on the creation of such a fund so that all funds from the military tax and government war bonds were spent exclusively on the needs of the Armed Forces, according to the European Solidarity website.

"What was the purpose of registering the rulings on inadmissibility? In order to give time to the authorities to understand what a shameful crime they are committing. To hear the position of the people, to hear the position of business associations, investors, taxpayers, and private investors. And this is the only case in my memory when none of them supported this disgraceful draft law, voted by a monomajority and the opposition party - the union, which no longer surprises anyone. You are hiding from your own people. Why is there no broadcast so that the people can hear what the parliament is doing in passing this bill that robs the people and robs business?  Why doesn't the Verkhovna Rada go for budget sequestration with the elimination of corruption items?" Petro Poroshenko noted.

"The creation of a special fund for the military tax and government war bonds is being deliberately blocked so that the military tax is used exclusively for the purposes of state defense. They want to continue to carve up, even despite the conclusions of the pro-government Accounting Chamber, which clearly states that corruption must be stopped. Therefore, please do not allow this law to come into force," Poroshenko urged.

As previously reported, Poroshenko and members of the European Solidarity party proposed other sources to fill the state budget. He emphasized that all untargeted spending should be cut, and that military tax funds should be used exclusively for the army, which would reduce spending and mobilize revenues by UAH 170 billion without increasing the tax burden.

Poroshenko proposes to reduce expenditures by UAH 105 billion and increase state budget revenues by UAH 65 billion.