The Ukrainian Cabinet of Minister's staff will be halved, the deputy head of presidential administration, Hanna Herman has said.
"Today the prime minister (Mykola Azarov) has backed the idea of the president (Viktor Yanukovych) and confirmed the 50% reduction of the staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine," she said in Kyiv on Thursday after a meeting of the committee on economic reforms.
During the meeting the president drew attention to the need to combat corruption, including through the administrative reform, and bring new generation of servicemen to the executive authorities, Herman said.
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych will sign a decree about the reduction of the number of members of the government and central executive authorities on Thursday, Herman has said.
According to her, the administrative reform also envisages the reduction of number of deputy ministers: their number will be limited by two, and one of them will serve as chief of staff.
