It is impossible to fulfill the privatization plan this year in Ukraine, as Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko imposed a moratorium by his decree on the list of enterprises to be privatized, Chair of the Ukrainian State Property Fund Valentina Semenyuk announced at a news conference today, a REGNUM correspondent informs.
According to Semenyuk, starting from April 2, 2007, fulfillment of the privatization plan has become a problem, because the presidentÒs decrees suspended the privatization process. ÓPrivatization of all the 226 companies on the list is suspended. Å A strange situation occurs: we have something to sell, but cannot do it,Ô Semenyuk said.
Besides, according to the State Property Fund chair, as soon a company is put on auction, a new decree comes out, or a resolution, or a court verdict that prevent from the auction. ÓI do not know who does it, but it is a good way of dumping prices and presenting Ukraine as a country unattractive for investments,Ô Valentina Semenyuk points out.
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