Tamara - On Monday the Farmers' and Greens' Union (PMK) seem to have indicated that they will not vote against a new proposed tax on the Agausian fishing industry when it comes to a vote on the parliament floor next Tuesday. The bill aims to raise the tax from 15% to 25% for profits earned by Agausian fishers. In Agausia most industries that earn profits from the nation's natural resources are either state owned or heavily taxed. For example, the timber industry is taxed 45% and mining and mineral extraction 35%. The fishing industry, however, has not been subject to such punitive taxes. This is due to the fact that the fishing industry is made up of mostly small businesses or single fishermen. Some fishermen have already expressed their opposition to the new tax.
Agausian legislators in favor of these types of taxes have long argued that the natural resources of the state are owned by the Agausian people thus the profits made from exploiting these resources should be returned to the people via government services and welfare programs. T́et́âna Ḱozaḱi (AL) who represents the Slavuri Region's sixth district has come out strongly against the tax increase. "Families are already feeling the pressure of the poor economy. How do we expect Agausians to recover from this when the government keeps asking for more and more from them? At the end of the day, we need to ask ourselves if we [the parliament] are helping people put food on the table and petrol in their tanks...I believe the answer to that question is a resounding no." Ḱozaḱi, who sits on the committee for agriculture and food industry and whose father was the owner of a small fishing industry in Čagvra, has been a critic of the bill since its introduction last year.
The revenue collected from the tax increase will be dedicated into two main functions. The first being returning the profits to the Agausian people, and the second being the preservation and rehabilitation of the Black Sea. The latter was a concession made in order to get the PMK on board with the tax increase. In negotiations PMK party chair Abdulḱadir Piliṕovi made his party's stance clear, "any revenue collected must benefit both the Agausian people, and their environment." It is still unclear to many fishermen how a tax increase will end up benefitting them and their families.
(Agausian Translation)
Oršabatsëâ Permerta da Mtsëvaneta Ḱavširma (PMK), rogortsëâ čans, miutita, rom isini ar mistsëmen kmas Agûsës tevzčeris mretsëvelobis akal šemotavazebul gadasakads, rodesatsëâ sakme ekeba ḱenčisḱras ṕarlament́ši momaval samšabatsëâ. Ḱanonṕroekt́i miznad isakavs Agûsëli metevzëbis mër miǵebé mogebis 15%-dan 25%-mde gazrdas. Agûzâši indust́rëbis ûmet́esoba, romlebitsëâ iǵeben mogebas kveḱnis bunebrivi resursebidan, an sakelmtsëpo saḱutrebašâ, an mžimed ibegreba. Magalitad, ke-t́ḱis mretsëveloba ibegreba 45%-it, kolo samto da sasargeblo tsëaǵiseulis moṕoveba 35%-it. Tumtsëâ, metevzeoba ar dékvemdebara aset sadamsželo gadasakadebs. Es imis gamo kdeba, rom metevzeoba žiritadad mtsëre biznesis an mart́okela metevzëbisgan šeǵeba. metevzëbis natsëlma ûḱve gamotkva tsënaaǵmdegoba akal gadasakadtan daḱavširebit.
Agûsëli ḱanonmdeblebi, romlebitsëâ mkars ûčeren am t́iṕis gadasakadebs, didi kanâ amt́ḱitsëben, rom sakelmtsëpos bunebrivi resursebi Agûsëli kalkis saḱutrebaa, amit́om am resursebis eksṕluat́atsës šedegad miǵebé mogeba ûnda dûbrundes kalks samtavrobo servisebisa da ḱetilǵeobis ṕrogramebis mešveobit. T́et́âna Ḱozaḱi (AL), romelitsëâ tsëarmóǵens Slavuris Regionis mëkvse raions, ḱat́egoriulad gamovida gadasakadebis zrdis tsënaaǵmdeg. „Ožakebi ûḱve gržnoben ǵaribi eḱonomiḱis zetsëlas. Rogor velit, rom Agûselebi amisgan gamožanmrteldebân, rotsëâ mtavroba sul ûpro metsëâ itkovs matgan? Ǵis bolos, čven ûnda viḱitkot saḱutar tavs, tu čven ekmarebân adamânebs supraze saḱvebis dadebaši da avzebši benzinis dadebaši... me mžera, rom am ḱitkvaze ṕasuki aris mt́ḱitsëâ ara. Ḱozaḱi, romelitsëâ zis ḱomit́et́ši soplis meurneobisa da ḱvebis mretsëvelobistvis da romlis dedatsëâ iḱo ṕat́ara tevzčeris indust́rës mplobeli Čagvraši, aḱrit́iḱebda ḱanonṕroektsëâ gasul tsëls misi šemoǵebidan.
Gadasakadis zrdis šedegad miǵebé šemosavali or žiritad punktsëas détmoba. Ṕirveli aris Agûsëlebistvis mogebis dabruneba, meore ḱi šavi zǵvis šenarčuneba da reabilit́atsëâ. Es ûḱanasḱneli iḱo datmoba, romelitsëâ gaḱetda imisatvis, rom PMK-s gadasakadebis gazrdastan ertad moekdina. Molaṕaraḱebebis dros PMK ṕart́ës tavmždomarem Abdulḱadir Piliṕovima mḱapiod daapiksira tavisi ṕart́ës ṕozitsëâ: „nebismëri šegrovebé šemosavali ûnda sargebels mót́ans rogortsëâ Agûsel kalks, aseve mat garemos“. Bevri metevzestvis žer ḱidev gûrḱvevelâ, rogor daazaralebs gadasakadis gazrda mat da mat ožakebs.
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