By stalling the privatization of Ukraine’s more than 3,000 state-owned enterprises, the country’s lawmakers risk seeing investors lose even more interest in the country and taking their money elsewhere.That was the key takeaway from a panel discussion on Ukraine’s privatization investment outlook held by the American Chamber of Commerce on April 19. Business representatives said that they were tired of waiting, while government officials put most of the blame on parliament.

Yulia Kovaliv, the first deputy economy minister of Ukraine, said parliament inaction was the main reason Ukraine’s privatization plan failed last year. The plan had been to sell $778 million worth of state property, but in the end only $7 million worth was sold.