06.10.2015 Ankara
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, stressing his May 25th press release, stated that they are opposed to heaping additional burdens on the private sector.
President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey
(TOBB) M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that political parties and the private
sector should both avoid making promises which would imbalance public finance,
pointing to his statements on the subject in May.
In his previous statement, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Global competition is
heating up. Preserving the dynamism of the private sector is now more important
than ever. Therefore, we should avoid increasing the burdens on our companies
and shy away from policies which would decrease our competitive power.
Political parties, while making promises, should keep this situation in mind
and act sensibly and responsibly. We will be able to act faster, invest more,
produce, employ and export more for our country the less we are burdened.
We stress the importance of financial discipline on all platforms. If
financial discipline is disrupted and public finance has a deficit, the price
is paid by the whole country. Both taxes and interest rates increase and those
who work lose while rentiers reap the benefits. The budget should be robust so
that the economy is robust. Turkey has, after many years, closed in on a
balanced budget. We must steer well away from uncalculated promises which
threaten budgetary balance and clash with financial discipline for the
wellbeing of our country.”