Ukraine Verkhovna Rada gaffe: MPs offered to raise their salaries instead of military salary MP Yaroslav Zhelsnyak misspoke during a debate on the budget amendment, confusing the service with the legislators. He declared that "increasing people's wages is the position of the entire parliament", which caused laughter in the hall. In the end, the parliaments adopted the amendment to increase the military pay, not theirs. @Slavyangrad.