Business appealed to the president to resume bookings – media

The government’s decision to stop bookings could bring the Ukrainian economy to a complete halt and lead to catastrophic consequences. Therefore, it is necessary to restore the reservations at the ministerial level, because according to the available data, it is mainly the local administrations that have taken the guesswork out of identifying businesses as critical. This is stated in an open letter to President Vladimir Zelensky, signed by the leaders of the National Association of Extractive Industries, OP UkrmetallurgpromUkrainian Association of Ferroalloy Manufacturers, All-Ukrainian Union of Building Materials Manufacturers and Association UkrcementTSN reported on Wednesday, October 23.

The signatories noted that businesses have adapted to the current reservation system, which allows large businesses that pay high official wages and provide tax breaks to receive mission-critical status so that they are allowed to reserve up to 50% of their active duty workers.

“The current reservation system is not perfect and contains some shortcomings that make it possible to give the status of a critical business to companies that, in fact, are not so, first of all, we are talking about the possibility that obtain such a status by the decision of the local state administrations (military administrations) And we understand and share the desire of the president to fix things on the reservation of workers But, against the background of the dubious decision of the local authorities, the relevant ministries have completely suspended the reservation process,” said the letter.

Representatives of the associations recalled: the decision to suspend the designation of enterprises as critical for the functioning of the economy and to conduct an audit of the decisions made, according to the published extract from the minutes of the meeting of government, is not concerned with the ministries. . Therefore, at the ministerial level, the mechanism should be restored as soon as possible.

“The procedure for checking the validity and grounds for determining or confirming the status of critical enterprises, as well as the reservation of workers, are carried out by the ministries at a high level. We are convinced that your instructions aims to identify risks and shortcomings for their further elimination, but does not prevent the goal of stopping all reservation processes for truly critical businesses, because this can completely stop the economy and lead with catastrophic consequences,” the signatories emphasized.

The letter emphasizes that the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with personnel and material support is provided exclusively by the internal capabilities of the Ukrainian economy, therefore it is necessary to maintain the economic and industrial that potential of the state as much as possible.

“This year you notice that one soldier is six people in civilian life who pay taxes. In this regard, we ask you to intervene in the current situation and give instructions to the authorized bodies and officials of the Cabinet of Ministers for the immediate restoration at the ministerial level of the process of confirming the critical status of enterprises for the functioning of the economy and the restoration of the process of booking the personnel of such enterprises, including the use of the portal functionality Diya“, concluded the signatories.

Earlier in October, it was learned that the Cabinet of Ministers suspended the reservation of employees of businesses until mid-November. Correspondent.net I wondered why this decision was made.

In turn, business representatives believe that the authorities should conduct an audit of businesses whose strategic nature is dubious, without disrupting the booking process.