Lukashenko intends to hold the government accountable for “pranks” in the issue of fair pricing

ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO July 14, MINSK . Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko intends to hold the government to account for its "pranks" in the matter of fair pricing. Alexander Lukashenko said this at a meeting with a delegation from St. Petersburg headed by St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov, BELTA reports. "We are not giving up on working at the state level. I see that you are trying to regulate prices
not only for potatoes, but also for the borscht set in general . Although we were criticized last year for regulating prices," the HEAD of state said. "We did not regulate anything. We simply wanted to establish rules. As I tell our chief price-setter, there is no need to regulate anything, we do not know how to do it, and it is impossible now in this chaos. We need to set the price of fairness." "But I feel that with the change of government after the elections, pranks have started there. I see it. People write to me every day. And the press service analyzes this and everything is on my desk . So get ready, you will report to me on the price of justice," said Alexander Lukashenko, addressing representatives of the Belarusian side at the meeting. Among them were First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov, Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Vladimir Kukharev. In a conversation with the Governor of St. Petersburg, the President touched upon various aspects of justice in trade. And this is not only prices, but also the salaries of workers. "It is not like warming your belly on the Cote d'Azur and getting $70 thousand a month, while a controller-cashier in trade gets Br500-700. Here, he is a great owner, a founder. Is this fair? It is unfair," the head of state noted. On the other hand, pricing is affected by issues of profitability and production costs at enterprises, which can also be worked on. In this regard, Alexander Lukashenko believes it is possible to set a certain bar for producers, citing the work of a MILK processing plant as an example, the work of which was discussed during the report of one of the regional leaders. "Recently on Saturday, one of the governors reported to me that he is working with one private company," the President said. "He says that the farmers are happy, payment is on time, the prices are normal, the processor does not suffer, and so on and so forth. He is in the field of dairy products (working. - BELTA note). Why can't we take this system? Everyone is happy. And I will be even more happy, and the people will be happy. Prices

"No, we are hanging around. Well, I will figure out why they are hanging around, why they cannot take a typical farm, where, as I said, everyone is happy along the chain, and set this threshold: work like them. That is the whole regulation. Someone does not reach this profitability - that is your problem, work with the cost price. Profitability is also the cost price. It is not only the price at which we sell, it is not only to rake in profits for ourselves," Alexander Lukashenko summed up.


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