When the 2016 budget was announced, we were optimistic that it will be the beginning of a realistic financial concept. The budget was announced amid general circumstances at home and abroad. As I said many times in the past, and I repeat this here once again, we are not facing a financial crisis, but we are in the process of introducing new monetary regulations.
Undoubtedly, any change will have some advocates and opponents and some flaws and mistakes may also accompany it. But I believe that the budget didn’t take into consideration certain issues relating to the internal economic situation of companies working in the contracting, engineering consultation and supply sector.
Needless to say that rescheduling of payments and follow up are important requirements. There are some companies that do not receive their arrears regularly; others didn’t receive any of their due amounts at all.
To say that we are working for the better is not an excuse for this chaos. There are some businesses, big and small, that either stopped working or reduced their manpower. This has negatively impacted local investment and sent unwanted message to foreign investors.
In the meantime, government officials are dead silent for reasons best known to them. We expect somebody to come out to tell us as to how much we could wait. We want to see some sort of transparency. We want to know our fate. We want to cooperate to make our budget succeed. We want to pay salaries to our staff. Stopping payments has caused us untold damage and curtailed any attempt from our part for more ambitions and expansion. Banks are not cooperating with us. We want to see light at the end of the tunnel. And this should come soon and without any delay because the situation is intolerable.
Undoubtedly, any change will have some advocates and opponents and some flaws and mistakes may also accompany it. But I believe that the budget didn’t take into consideration certain issues relating to the internal economic situation of companies working in the contracting, engineering consultation and supply sector.
Needless to say that rescheduling of payments and follow up are important requirements. There are some companies that do not receive their arrears regularly; others didn’t receive any of their due amounts at all.
To say that we are working for the better is not an excuse for this chaos. There are some businesses, big and small, that either stopped working or reduced their manpower. This has negatively impacted local investment and sent unwanted message to foreign investors.
In the meantime, government officials are dead silent for reasons best known to them. We expect somebody to come out to tell us as to how much we could wait. We want to see some sort of transparency. We want to know our fate. We want to cooperate to make our budget succeed. We want to pay salaries to our staff. Stopping payments has caused us untold damage and curtailed any attempt from our part for more ambitions and expansion. Banks are not cooperating with us. We want to see light at the end of the tunnel. And this should come soon and without any delay because the situation is intolerable.
