Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – The parliamentary group of the United Reform Action (URA) requested that the agenda of tomorrow’s parliamentary session include their proposals related to reducing fuel excise duties, increasing pensions for all pensioners, and compensating former employees of state-owned companies that went bankrupt.

Head of URA’s parliamentary group Milos Konatar said the group had submitted a proposal to add three items: amendments to the laws on pension and disability insurance and on excise duties, as well as a draft law on financial support for individuals formerly employed in state-owned companies, i.e. compensation for former employees of companies that went bankrupt.

Konatar called on the Government to reduce fuel excise duties, following the example of countries in the region, noting that failure to act would lead to an increase in the prices of other goods and services.

“It is necessary for the Government to lower excise duties at this moment, and if it does not – and clearly it will not – MPs tomorrow have the opportunity to protect citizens’ living standards and enable the uninterrupted import of fuel,” Konatar said.

He explained that the proposal to increase pensions means raising all pensions by €40, which would increase the minimum pension from €450 to €490.

Konatar added that the bill on financial support for citizens who had been employed in state-owned companies provides for compensation of €12,000 for all former employees who lost their jobs due to bankruptcy or were forced into early retirement.