site.btaNext Government Will Have to Develop Long-term Income Policy – Caretaker Minister

A challenge for the next government is to develop a comprehensive long-term programme for income policy, said caretaker Labour Minister Hasan Ademov in an interview on Nova TV. He noted that income policy should be discussed with social partners.

Social benefits must be preserved, Hasan Ademov stressed. According to him, careful consideration is needed regarding support for sectors where incomes are lagging behind.

This caretaker government was placed in a serious situation due to the war in the Middle East and rising fuel prices, the minister said. He recalled that the cabinet has taken measures to support certain sectors. The minister also mentioned the provision of Easter bonuses for pensioners and stressed that this was done in conditions without an adopted regular budget. The measures aimed to curb price increases for end consumers, he added. The caretaker cabinet also managed to adopt a regulation on energy poverty, Ademov said.

There is no measure that can completely stop inflation, as it is a consequence of what is happening in the economy and the surrounding environment, the minister noted.