Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn believes that increased funding of the parliament is due to objective needs.

The speaker described as hysterical statement by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko to refuse to sign the changes into the state budget-2009, which, inter alia, provide additional funding of the parliament.

It just shows the level of relations, - quotes Litvina press service of the Verkhovna Rada.

Getting document - will make a decision. How to do everything openly and transparently, ... and will happen in the future, - added Litvin.

The speaker explained that the increase in funding the Verkhovna Rada is due to objective needs. According to him, it is necessary, in particular, to settle accounts with the organizations that carry out repair work in the parliament.

I ask that in future conciliation board disclose the information to which I owed, it was guided by the Supreme Rada - not designed for the previous years, - told Litvin.

In addition, the speaker noted, it is necessary to ensure adequate funding for coverage of the parliament, but if people quietly accept that we will not continue to broadcast meetings of the Verkhovna Rada, I have both hands for this. Then I will be fewer appeals and criticism, fair perturbations that occur in-session hall. I will go on Fridays and tell how well served the Verkhovna Rada, and what decisions it adopted, - he said.

Litvin also explained that part of the funds planned to send to pay off debts to international parliamentary institutions, which include the Verkhovna Rada. If we want to be excluded from all international organizations, in which we have not paid contributions, but let's also say about it, or stop their membership, - he said.

According to the Speaker, this situation needs to destroy the Verkhovna Rada, and then they will hold presidential elections as they want. I'm from the past trying to keep the forces that Ukraine still remains. And it always get a charge - he resumed.

As reported, the Verkhovna Rada on June 3 to amend the Law on State Budget for 2009. The document raises the rate of excise tax on beer from the existing 0.31 UAH /liter to 0.6 UAH /liter. For additional budget revenues to be derived from this, planned to send to the budgetary financing of individual programs: for the preparations of insulin in diabetes, the implementation of measures for all-day water supply in Lviv, on completion of repair and restoration work and the establishment of a museum exhibit Shevchenko National Wildlife Refuge in Kanev . In addition, 97 million UAH was planned to send to the Verkhovna Rada.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko stated that he does not sign this law. He believes that 97 million UAH, that the Verkhovna Rada additionally provided on its performance by increasing the excise tax on beer, should be used to treat children from cancer, tuberculosis and other serious diseases.

Yushchenko was troubled that the Verkhovna Rada of the changes included in the budget increase of 3.5 million UAH spending on visits of people's deputies of Ukraine abroad. The president also did not agree that the exercise of legislative activity at the Verkhovna Rada, provided the increased cost of 53.2 million UAH.