The National Bank turned on the printing press so that there would be pensions and salaries - Poroshenko stubbornly defends Gontareva
Vinnitsa, February 28 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) - President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko made it clear that he will not follow the lead of those who demand the immediate resignation of the head of the NBU Valeria Gontareva, and it is not the policy of the National Bank that is to blame for the dollar exchange rate.
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“A scapegoat is easy to find. I want a professional discussion,” Poroshenko said during a conversation with reporters in Vinnitsa.
He emphasized that in addition to military operations, for which the state budget allocates amounts unprecedented in the history of Ukraine, the state is faced with the fact that over 25% of the country’s industrial potential has been stopped, and 10% has been completely destroyed. For six months, Ukraine paid for the gas and electricity consumed by the occupied territories. At the same time, 90% of Donbass pensioners have re-registered in peaceful areas and receive Ukrainian pensions, and despite this, all Ukrainians are paid their salaries on time, writes the publication “RialVin”.
“The NBU is forced to print money, but it is not used to refinance banks, as the “fifth column” claims, but for salaries and pensions. The only way to stop negative processes is to restore industry,” Poroshenko said.
According to him, Kiev will do everything possible to return the dollar exchange rate to 20-22 hryvnia. To do this, on March 2, the Verkhovna Rada must adopt a number of bills that are necessary to allocate the next tranche of the IMF, so Poroshenko assumes that the fund will allocate funds no later than the second half of March.
“We will agree with the IMF on the possibility for the National Bank to intervene in the currency market in order to lower the exchange rate. Remember how within one day he returned from 40 hryvnia to 27. Wasn’t the “takeoff” provoked by speculation?.. And yet, the exchange rate will never be fixed. Don't believe those who demand it. With these statements, the “fifth column” is trying to mislead people,” the president said.
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