“Lukashenko Built This System”

Gennady Fedynich has diagnosed the Belarusian economy.

As seen in the the example of Minsk’s “Kamvol” and BelZhD, where there is a shortage of workers, can we say about the state of the entire Belarusian economy?

This question was asked by the website posed to former political prisoner and trade union leader Gennady Fedynych:

— In Belarus, most enterprises are state-owned. Even joint-stock companies are effectively state-owned because the state holds a majority stake in them. And, undoubtedly, the economy has reached a point where the labor shortage will affect people’s ability to earn a decent living—and on a regular basis. There’s no getting around that.

The situation is such that the government and the country’s leadership have sought to ensure that all enterprises, primarily the major ones, remain under state control. This system, established by the Lukashenko regime, has led to nothing good. As we can see, the situation will worsen with each passing month. Because there will be problems with both orders and, most importantly, with product sales—problems that cannot be easily resolved.

That is why I believe that, over time, there will be a decline in production levels, and, naturally, this will be followed by layoffs. Because without this, if things continue this way, there will be no way around it.

In Belarus, we need to change the system itself and make it a reality. And reality means people who want to work. And most importantly—they want to earn a decent wage, not just receive one.

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