The Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs is outraged by the statements of anti-corruption activist Vitaliy Shabunin, who unreasonably criticized the draft law that strengthens the rights of bona fide buyers of real estate. Oleksandr Konotopskyi, a member of the Union's board of directors, stated this. He tried to explain to Shabunin that the draft law No. 12089 was initiated and developed by the Business Support Council, UNN reports.
"We made it for business and at the request of business. This is an important step in creating a strong economy. It should be easy to build in Ukraine. Private property must be protected," Konotopsky writes.
The fact is that Shabunin accused the authors of the draft law of "helping developers legalize the most ugly frauds with state land." The proposed provisions will make it more difficult for the state to seize property. "It seems that, according to Shabunin, there can be no bona fide purchasers of state and municipal property by definition," Law and Business writes .
Konotopsky reminds us that Ukraine has historically had problems with private property, and that one of the tricks of the raiders is to "start chastising the landowner for the fact that 10 years ago it was somehow taken out of state ownership in a wrong way.
"If you can come and take away what a person has honestly bought, they will not buy anything... And as a result, nothing will be created. Such a country will be a desert," Konotopsky believes.
He emphasized that the Council for Entrepreneurship Support considers the draft law to be basic and important for the country's investment attractiveness. "And what if not? You can always go back to the Soviet Union... Everything was state-owned there..." the businessman summarizes.
As noted by Law and Business, "Shabunin is already living like a communist: he has appropriated a Nissan Pathfinder jeep, which was donated as humanitarian aid to the Armed Forces, and is serving wherever and whenever he wants, and, unlike others, is not being prosecuted for it.
As a reminder, the SBI is investigating a number of criminal cases against Shabunin, including mobilization evasion, forgery of NACP documents, illegal use of humanitarian aid and misappropriation of a Nissan Pathfinder jeep.
Earlier, Shabunin criticized Christians for the lost value of marriage and the spread of AIDS through disordered sexual relations.