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The number of citizens whose income is lower than subsistence level is increasing in Ukraine, which means the nation’s administration fails to fulfill its obligations towards overcoming poverty. This was stated by OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE MP Serhiy Lovochkin commenting on data by the State Statistics Service.

The demographic situation got worse in Ukraine in 2021 as a result of irrelevant demographic policy, meaning poor incentives for birthrate and support for families with children, and from continuing social and economic crisis. According to OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE MP Serhiy Lovochkin, lack of measures that could improve the situation in the country will leave Ukraine with no future as an established nation.

As of the end of the first quarter 2021, unemployment among Ukrainians of working age, as calculated with International Labor Organization methodology, has reached 10.9 percent, the worst in the last two decades of quarterly statistics available. According to OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE MP Serhiy Lovochkin, the situation with employment and jobs was to some extent better even during two much deeper crises, in 2008-09 and 2014-15.

The situation with freedom of speech in Ukraine raises serious concerns for many reasons. Interference with journalists’ work and attacks against them constitute a violation of human rights and contribute to the administration’s reckless policy. This was stated by member of the Ukrainian delegation in PACE, OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE MP Yuliya Lovochkina during debates on “Media freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know” which took place at the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

After the rate of COVID-19 cases went down and immunization started, the administration yet again lost its interest in healthcare. The situation in the sector is returning to pre-quarantine period when it was underfunded chronically, leading to its eventual failure. This was stated by OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE MP Serhiy Lovochkin on Healthcare Workers’ Day of Ukraine.

Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Chairman of the Political Council of the “Opposition Platform – For Life” party Viktor Medvedchuk appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg with a complaint about the illegal actions of the Ukrainian authorities and political persecution.

Despite numerous warnings by the political opposition, the government is taking no real measures to control prices for basic goods and services. According to OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE MP Serhiy Lovochkin, the Cabinet is the one responsible for another surge in inflation, which is now reaching a two-digit figure year on year.

Zelensky’s obedient puppets call for “harassing” Opposition Platform - For Life off Ukraine. A similar initiative was put forward by Leonid Kravchuk, who said: “...Representatives of Opposition Platform - For Life go to Moscow, meet with Putin, he gives them instructions, they come and build Russian Ukraine or Ukraine with Russian methods of governance. We need to burn it out of Ukraine, burn it out, and when we don’t have such problems, I think all issues will be resolved quickly and in an organized manner”.

Over the first four months of 2021, the wage arrears rose by 36.6 percent or almost one billion hryvnia. OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE Party demands that the government pays attention to this uncontrolled rise and undertakes urgent measures to decrease it. This was stated by OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE MP Serhiy Lovochkin.