The year 2016 was marked by the initiation of platforms of communication between political factors and the business sector. The fact that the economic entities started to be asked what should be done to improve their activity is something positive, chairman of the National Employers Confederation of Moldova Leonid Cerescu stated in the public discussion “Economic year 2016 in the view of entrepreneurs and experts”, organized by IPN News Agency.

“If all these discussion platforms are continued, I hope in the future there will be adopted documents accepted by everyone,” said the employers’ leader. He noted that compared with 2015, political stability existed in 2016 and this changes the situation of the potential investors one way or another. The signing of the agreement with the IMF opens new perspectives for attracting new partners.

“We would like the good initiatives initiated by decision makers, such as the amendment of the Labor Code, which has a special importance for the work of business entities, and the initiative to diminish the number of inspection bodies so as to remove the constraints on businessmen to be implemented till the end in 2017,” stated Leonid Cerescu.

He also said that political stability and a constructive social dialogue are needed for Moldova to develop economically so that the decision makers realize the needs of business entities. “In our country, it often happens that additional constraints are imposed on business entities when a gap appears in the budget, instead of proposing stimulatory conditions for encouraging economic recovery,” said the employers’ leader. He believes that if such favorable conditions are suggested, the number of viable businessmen, of jobs and the salaries and, respectively, the amounts collected into the budget will increase.

As to the law on capital liberalization and tax stimulation, Leonid Cerescu said such legislative initiatives that are important for society and business entities should be consulted with those to which they refer and with civil society. “This didn’t happen. The legislative initiative was fielded overnight,” he stated.

The public discussion “Economic year 2016 in the view of entrepreneurs and experts” is the 68th installment of the series of debates “Developing political culture by public debates” that are held with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation of Germany.