PRESIDENT ASMALI: IN THE 4 YEARS THAT WILL PASS WITHOUT ELECTIONS, OUR MAIN FOCUS MUST BE THE ECONOMY

Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) President Mahmut Asmalı said, “As MÜSİAD, we believe that in the 4 years that will pass without elections our main focus is the economy, low inflation and sustainable growth.”

In his written statement assessing the Local Administrations General Election of 31 March 2024, MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı emphasized that the 4 years ahead of Türkiye that will pass without elections must be economy-focused.

In his statement, Asmalı expressed that the rapid implementation of the priority structural reforms set out in the Medium-Term Program (OVP) is of great importance so that Türkiye's economic policies may be more sustainable and secure.

The statement by Asmalı, who also expressed the wish that the election results be auspicious and that this period be spent in unity and solidarity, is as follows:

“As a country, we have left another election behind us. We wish that the local administrations elections held yesterday be auspicious for our country and our citizens, and we congratulate each of the winning candidates. As MÜSİAD, we believe that in the 4 years that will pass without elections our main focus is the economy, low inflation and sustainable growth. In addition to the monetary policy in which a permanent decline in inflation is targeted, the rapid implementation of the priority structural reforms set out in the Medium-Term Plan is of great importance for the development and progress of our country in this period. As MÜSİAD businessmen, we reiterate our belief that in the coming period our country's economy will continue its production, export and employment-oriented growth process; and we believe that, One and Together, we will spend the coming period in the most productive way.”