By Years: Aleksandr Tšaplõgin

The main legislative priorities are changing the sickness benefit system (with the waiting period only covering the first day), lowering the VAT on foodstuffs, and introducing a bank profit tax. The speaker is an active initiator of opposition bills and a fierce opponent of government legislation (such as restricting voting rights and green energy subsidies).

The legislative focus is directed toward amending the electoral law (compensation mandates), increasing social justice (bank tax, progressive income tax), and supporting healthy nutrition (reducing VAT on local production). The speaker is an active opponent of the government’s proposed tax bills (car tax, pension tax, state fees) and is making proposals for their rejection. The objective is to shift the tax burden from the poor onto the rich.