Ministers only save facilities

Ministries will save on extras such as seminars, trips, free phone service and representation expenses. Until Tuesday agencies to submit their programs to reduce costs at the Ministry of Finance. Check the „Diary“ showed that most agencies only laid down by government restrictions such as the freezing of salaries of officials, reduce the salaries of political offices by 15 percent and stop new appointments without prejudice to the already announced competitions. And limited funds for new equipment and vehicles, which anyway have already purchased.

Most ministries do not have estimates of how much lower costs, and most of them wished to give no information. Ministry of Finance explained that not all programs have received and yet to summarize measures.

Tightly to the measures adopted by the Cabinet adhere Ministry of extraordinary situations. There will be a reduction of the salaries of political office, but officials will not receive increases to salaries and bonuses. Will be reduced costs for seminars, mobile and fixed phones, and will limit the use of official vehicles. By train and by car will not have to travel for business employees in the Ministry of Transport as a discount for services BDZ. Vehicles will only be used in emergency trips or to places not served by railways. Limits for mobile and fixed telephones in the office of Peter Mutafchiev already been halved, and measures would be saving about 1 million euro nedovolstvat officials, however, that the restrictions do not affect the Minister, Deputy Ministers and heads of offices who traveled in the pre – campaign with official cars.

Health Minister Evgenii Zhelev has ordered shrinkage costs as in the office, and all subordinate agencies and offices. Ordered to spend money for the priority activities will not be buying cars, air conditioners, telephones and computers. Moratorium on spending for cars and computers and the halving of these telephone order at the beginning of June, the Minister of State Administration Nikolay Vassilev. The Ministry of Economy, said only that it will save on trips and cancel appointments. The Ministry of Defense, all house costs were reduced by 20%. „For a few hours can not answer what will shortened,“ said the chief of Interior Ministry Press Diana Yankulova.

Time the Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski calculated that saving measures will lead to savings of at most 500 million euro

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