Government of Ukraine supports transparent privatization of state enterprises
The Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine proposes to leave in state ownership approximately 250
strategically important companies, and the rest should be publicly and
transparently privatized. Prime
Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk
stressed this at a meeting of the National Tripartite Social and Economic
Council on Thursday, April 16.
The Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine, according to Arseniy Yatsenyuk, supports the transparent privatization and
attracting investors.
The Prime
Minister informed that the Government proposes to leave in state ownership about
250 strategically important companies, "All the rest should be transparently
and publicly privatized with preservation of social standards and guarantees
for privatized enterprises."
This process, he underlined,
requires an active role of trade unions in order to prepare plans for
privatization and ensure protection and guarantees that the new owner will
develop the company for workers of enterprises subject to privatization.