The proposal of economic measures, presented by the Prime Minister, several days ago is an aid package for stabilization and protection of our employees and industry in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, economy minister, Ms Dragica Sekulić, told in an interview for TV Montenegro.
According to her, the govt then intends to present a range of measures for the development, as it has already started talks with social partners, MPs and economic experts to find the best possible solution. In addition, the budget revision will most probably happen in May, said Ms Sekulić.
“Right now, we have to take into account the sustainability of public finances. Therefore, the first thing that we have to bear in our minds is the fact that we won’t generate revenues as we used to do during previous months or last year. It means that we are going to have somewhat lower budget revenues, that is, a certain deficit,” she noted.
Min. @MinEkCG Dragica Sekulić, #TVCG: ekonomija cijelog svijeta osjeća posljedice pandemije #COVID19. Pad privredne aktivnosti je svuda.
Privrednici nam kažu: nama je najvažnije da krenemo da radimo.
Ovo su mjere čuvanja radnih mjesta i zaposlenih dok privreda ne krene da radi. pic.twitter.com/7FdUK0yTBQ— Vlada Crne Gore (@VladaCG) April 12, 2020
The first €100 million govt’s aid package, passed on 19 March, was just a rapid response to emergency financing of the industry.
Ms Sekulić continued: “The aim of the second one, which has already been proposed, is to protect the industry now in order to be able to start with the development as of May or June.”
Min. @MinEkCG Dragica Sekulić, #TVCG: Prvi €100m vrijedan Vladin paket ekonomskih mjera, donijet 19. marta, čine brze mjere pomoći privredi.
Cilj je drugog paketa, koji je predložen, da privredu zaštitimo sada da bismo od maja ili juna krenuli u mjere pokretanja i razvoja. pic.twitter.com/wYTm708AEC— Vlada Crne Gore (@VladaCG) April 12, 2020
The coronavirus affected the world’s largest economies, the Minister concluded.
