Strong reaction from CHP’s Burhanettin Bulut to the privatization of 162 million dollars from the government: ‘We sell like fathers’

In the January-July 2022 period, 162 million dollars of privatization was realized. 110.5 million dollars of the revenue from privatization consisted of land and land sales. A total of 4.1 billion dollars of land and land was sold under the AKP rule.

According to the news of Mustafa Bildircin from BirGün, CHP Deputy Burhanettin Bulut said that the government is engaged in real estate business under the name of privatization. Bulut, AKP government, “Reducing the pressure of SOEs on the budget” and “Creating a competitive market economy” He stated that he converted the privatization, which was defended on the grounds of its justifications, into land-land sales.

SOLD LIKE FATHERS AGAIN

Pointing out that in the January-July period of 2022, a total of 162 million dollars of privatization was made, 110.5 million dollars of which was from land-land sales, Bulut said:

“During the AKP rule, a total of 62.9 billion dollars of privatization was carried out by saying ‘We sell like fathers’. Land-land sales constituted 4.1 billion dollars of this sale. This money was squandered, as evidenced by the Central Bank’s negative reserves. During the AKP period, 39 billion dollars of shares, 17.3 billion dollars of business/facility, 651 million dollars of hotel/social facilities, 708 million dollars of assets were sold. The amount of transfers made to public institutions and organizations amounted to 1.1 billion dollars.”

Stating that AKP sells everything made with the sweat of the citizens, especially factories, ports, industrial facilities, thermal power plants and mining enterprises, Bulut said, “It was not enough, they sold the water of streams and streams, the trees in the forests, even the sand on the beach. When there was nothing left to sell, they set their sights on lands and plots. Privatization was taken out of context and turned into the sale of public land and lands. Despite this, the Treasury’s safe is empty. They are plundering the country by foot” used his statements.

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