Ukraine's finance minister says precisely what support from coalition govt needs

09:37, 06.02.2016 1 min read

Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko has made a number of demands of the government in the sphere of reform, including in legislative administration.

"We all came to build the country together a year ago, but we are feeling resistance and counteraction. It can't happen. It's not normal. We are ready to continue working, but we need real support from the coalition," the minister said.

Jaresko said there is a need for: "unconditional support of the reform program; the program of cooperation with the IMF, including the need to urgently pass laws that will ensure transparent privatization; no political interference in the change of the management of the top 60 state-run enterprises on the basis of an independent nomination committee, and de-politicization of the State Fiscal Service."

"I am calling on politicians to maintain the state, leave political interests aside and fight together for our future," Jaresko told an extraordinary meeting of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv on Thursday evening.