Rada will not exempt from fines those who failed to supply weapons. We are talking about eliminating triple fine, - "servant of people" Yanchenko
The Verkhovna Rada will not exempt from fines for failures to supply weapons. It is only about eliminating the triple fine for one violation and replacing it with a single fine.
This was stated by MP of the "Servant of the People" party Halyna Yanchenko, Censor.NET reports.
The day before, the head of the AntAC Vitalii Shabunin said that the Rada was going to "legislatively forgive all those who failed to supply weapons to the frontline".
"The Rada's agenda includes draft laws No. 12202 and No. 6013 (amendment No. 502), which exempts suppliers who delayed the supply of weapons to the frontline (for more than 30 days) from a fine (7% of the contract value)," he said.
Instead, Yanchenko said that this information is a "manipulation".
"We are talking about eliminating the TRIPLE fine for one violation and replacing it with a single, most effective fine, namely a progressive penalty of 3% for each month of delay," the MP explained.
According to the MP, there are currently three penalties for violating delivery deadlines:
1) 7% - a one-time fine for a month of delay;
2) 3% - a monthly fee for the use of money;
3) 3% - a monthly penalty, namely 0.1% for each day of delay.
"Government customers have limited the profit of Ukrainian arms manufacturers to an average of 5-7%. And the amount of fines for the first month of delay totals 13% and is twice the profit allowed by the state. Under these conditions, Ukrainian arms manufacturers not only have to deliver the goods for free, but also take their own money out of their pockets and pay the state extra.
Is this possible? Would anyone want to produce weapons for our defenders under such conditions? Hardly! That's why there should be a fine! But it should be effective and should encourage the fulfilment of the contract.
P.S.: there is a separate penalty for low-quality goods (such as recent mines), and non-delivery is a criminal offence," Yanchenko concluded.
