Nadiya

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Petrograd to take control of social affairs and welfare as the 5672 budget is approved, welfare equalization to be implemented: more powers to the government

Zarvospol, Kozacchyna. The General Assembly recently reviewed and discussed the 5672 budget put forward by Commissioner Nadiya Heorhiyivna Kobzar, head of the Commission for Finances and Economic Prosperity. The budget mainly addressed the disparity between the different constituent republics and their welfare systems by doubling their budget through tax hikes on the wealthy class of Nadiya and defending the affirmative action programs concerning men's rights, the commission also hiked up the budget for the army and national guard by 10% and redirected the remaining funds toward paying off debt interest and filling up the budgets of the constituent republics. However, the cost of the welfare surplus is the right of the republics to handle it due to the reports of the Commission for Health and Family decrying the catastrophic state of health coverage in Kozacchyna and rural Haivan because of the lack of funds being granted to the local health ministries, which led the central government in Petrograd to include in the 5672 budget the "Welfare Equity and Social Justice Act" also known as the Kobzar law, the bill officially abolishes the autonomy of the republics concerning welfare and social issues which include health, pensions, child benefits, unemployment benefits, etc and vests those power to the Nadiyan Commission for Social Matters and Social Cohesion and the Nadiyan Commission for Health and Family that will oversee all social policies from now on. The 5672 budget passed through the NGA with a 74 majority and easily got 351 votes in the CoN while representatives and senators from HR were slamming their desks in protest calling the law "a shameless act of despotism from the central government" and a "betrayal of the principles of the Zarvospol treaty." For now, Commissioner Kobzar didn't comment on the issue and instead announced that her commission will launch a welfare equalization program through the construction and expansion of hospitals alongside audits to ensure the fair and just treatment between all the citizens of Nadiya, she also announced minimum wage will be increased and unemployment benefits slightly decreased to encourage the citizens to work in the meantime as the NCFEP is planning on creating new job positions in state owned operations.