Sukleya, Slobodzeya district, 29 January. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. At a meeting with the residents of Sukleya village, the president commented on the allegations, published by some media outlets, about inappropriate use of funds from a special gas account. He called on the citizens «to differentiate between information sources», emphasising that «only time will show who was right
Yevgeny Shevchuk noted that the gas money covered the existing budget deficit.
«The pension fund has fallen short of tax revenues. And the amount of pensions paid today is twice as many as the state can pay. The difference is covered with the gas money. These funds have always been in the account in the central bank," said the president.
The head of state informed the citizens that the day before he had assigned the prosecutor to carry out an audit of the possible facts of inappropriate use of these funds.