First Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov is not ruling out the possibility of reduction of the 2008 state budget's projected revenues from privatization of state assets during redrafting of the budget.
Turchynov announced this at a press conference.
"The demonstrative cynical blocking of privatization processes by the former leadership of the SPF could force us to correct not only revenues from taxes, but also revenues from privatization," Turchynov said.
Turchynov added that such a correction could delay the preparation of the government's redraft of the state budget.
He expressed the hope that the parliament will soon consider State Property Fund-related personnel issues in order to unblock privatization processes.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, President Viktor Yuschenko has called for investment of at least 50% of revenues from privatization of state assets in projects aimed at developing the country's socio-economic infrastructure and priority innovation projects, as well as in financing expenditures related to issuance of additional shares in enterprises in which the state owns shares.
The parliament set the target for privatization revenues in 2008 at UAH 8.602 billion.
PRESS CONFERENCE entitled "Signing of credit agreement between KfW Bankengruppe (Germany) and Mehabank Ltd."
