Minister of Finance Ladislav Kamenický (Smer-SD) called on the unity of coalition partners, especially in connection with the reception of the state budget. He reminded that All three coalition parties were agreed on current consolidation measures. Next year, gambling tax or a possible increase in real estate tax should help consolidation. This was stated by the head of the finance department on the Sunday television program Politics 24 TV JOJ 24.
“For myself, I can say one thing that the whole consolidation is needed to avoid creditors, and it is not the fault of neither Direction, nor the CIS nor voice,” He appeals to Kamenicky, saying that if they want to be responsible farmers, they must pull for one rope.
He recalled that the introduction of the transaction tax was approved by Parliament and also President Peter Pellegrini. “Everyone has voted for it and starting to criticize today is perhaps love. But for me it’s populist and it is a step How to earn political points at the expense of your coalition partner, ” The Minister of Finance said. At the same time, he admitted that the budget is always a critical thing in terms of government stability.
The head of the resort reminded that Transaction tax is not affected by ordinary people in Slovakia, but entrepreneurs, and the amount collected on this tax cannot be easily replaced.
Kamenický said that The upcoming package of consolidation measures will also affect the expenditure party of the state budget, but the cutting of expenditure has certain limits. For example, the income part should cover gambling tax or an increase in real estate tax.
The aim of the head of the finance department is to reach an agreement between coalition partners by June this year. “What later comes to the agreement, we will have less time to discuss it more,” He approached Kamenický. Finally, he underlined that he wished the current government to last as long as possible. “We will do our best to make it easy and not easy,” added.
