His ministry’s reform efforts have been “paralyzed” by the “concrete actions” of certain officials and groups, Abromavičius said, adding that he has been pressured by the president’s administration to appoint “questionable individuals” to his team or to key positions in state-owned enterprises.
“I can only interpret these actions as a persistent attempt to exert control over the flow of money generated by the state-owned enterprises,” the minister said, mentioning the defense industry and Ukraine’s national oil and gas company Naftogaz in particular. “I refuse to be part of this system,” he added.
While the US and EU, which have provided billions of dollars to Kiev in aid, are expecting to see changes, to the country’s economy minister it “has become clear that any kind of systemic reform is decisively blocked.”
“I am not willing to travel to Davos and talk about our successes to international investors and partners, all the while knowing that certain individuals are scheming to pursue their own interests behind my back,” Abromavičius said.
Source Article from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blacklistednews/hKxa/~3/jw7nL_fOqRs/M.html
Related posts:
Views: 0