The leader of the «Yabloko» faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, parliamentarians engaged in the distribution of only 0.5% of the costs. Meanwhile, according to the law, they can address the issues of formation of the total budget.

That is, according to Grigory Yavlinsky, who is also a member of the Budget and Finance Committee of the city parliament, MPs are not fully engaged in the performance of their duties.

The leader of the «Yabloko» faction believes that the so-called «parliamentary amendment» has all the hallmarks of political corruption. We are talking about a silent scheme, according to which those MPs who voted for the budget prepared by the Smolny, are entitled to a distribution of 0.5% of the costs. Otherwise, the initiatives are blocked by the parliamentary majority.

Grigory Yavlinsky said that he intends to take concrete measures to change the current situation. «The current situation is unacceptable and in the very near future,» APPLE «will offer a series of actions that will abandon shameful, in my opinion, the practice of so-called» parliamentary amendment. «