Alexander Korshunov, “We are going in the right direction”

Chairman of the Supreme Council, Alexander Korshunov in an interview with journalists settled on certain aspects, as well as the tasks that were set by the President in addressing legislators and state authorities.

“The address of the President to the state authorities and administration is a rather lengthy and capacious document. The President defined a range of tasks and targets. We understand that it will not be easy to solve and achieve them. It is necessary to work both within the framework of the formation of the republican budget for 2020, and within the framework of the consistent implementation of the norms laid down in the Pridnestrovian Development Strategy until 2026.

The main focus that needs to be made is the achievement of economic self-sufficiency by the republic. It is clear that we will not achieve this in a year, but we must move in this direction. This is an increase in the investment attractiveness of the republic, business activity, development of the economy, first of all, of its real sector.

Quite a lot of moments and in terms of social policy that have been implemented during the past and this year. Tasks for 2020 are determined. One of the most important is the preservation in the next year of the social obligations undertaken by the state in previous budgets. Naturally, financial resources are needed to secure existing social obligations and take on new ones. The search for additional sources for this is the main difficulty. We are well aware that additional funds in the budget can appear only if the tax base is expanded, the number of jobs increases, production is developed. By joint efforts of the President, the Supreme Council, the Government, adoption of the right management decisions, we can increase revenues to the budget.

The practice of the last two and a half years has shown that taken decisions are correct. Accordingly, we see the result. This increase in jobs, social guarantees of citizens, improved business activity of the business community, investment climate, as a result - an increase in investment in our economy. There is a positive trend in many macroeconomic indicators. This confirms once again: management decisions and actions to implement them are correct. We are going in the right direction”.