President Lukashenko has reshuffled the government
- December 27, 2014
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President of Belarus on Saturday replaced the prime minister, the head of the National Bank, a number of ministers and governors, stressing that in the personnel shake-up is no “state of emergency”.
The head of the Belarusian government appointed Andrei Kobyakov, the former head of the Administration of President Lukashenko. Proven in many leadership positions now ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich has reached a ripe old age and, according to analysts, perhaps the only one who can be excluded from the register of presidential personnel.
The National Bank is now headed by Paul Kallaur, who directed ” Bank BelVEB “, but the former at one time among the deputy heads of the National Bank of Belarus.
The new Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky was head of the National Statistical Committee; Nicholas Snapkou, until Saturday, former Minister, to the position of deputy head of the Presidential Administration.
The new names the ministers of education, industry, deputy prime ministers, the heads of several state committees and three governors – Brest, Vitebsk and Mogilev regions.
fellow journalists to make changes in the editorial “pominalnik” – a list of high-ranking officials of the state – and notes at the same time: all the familiar faces …
punished for the dollar?
President Lukashenko promised to reshuffle on Friday, after hearing reports of members of the government on the situation in the country’s economy.
In the official report said, however, that high officials of delayed now reported to the President about the successes and found successful solution to the financial and economic problems.
Lukashenko agreed with many of the arguments given and not too noisy even on the “individual managers” who are unhappy, he said, control over pricing, currency appreciation and administrative measures to support domestic producers.
“Time in which we are holding this meeting is not so dramatic. Moreover, we can say that the situation on the problematic issues that were so badly a week ago, develops normally, “- said on Friday, President Lukashenko.
On Saturday, commenting on personnel decisions need to strengthen economic bloc , the head of state was determined not so complacent.
“For us, the biggest danger, I want to repeat, is the economy. The biggest danger – the greatest area of responsibility, “- said Lukashenko.
Last week, the Belarusian authorities have been forced to actually devalue the national currency by a third, without mentioning, however, the devaluation of the incident.
The scoreboard is now in Belarusian exchangers figures embarrassing visitors: the dollar sold at a price less than that for which they bought. And only came to the window box office unfamiliar with Belarusian “innovations” tourist suddenly learns that when buying dollars to the designated price he must add 30% – commission fee that goes to the Belarusian treasury.
The problems in trade with Russia
Even as Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich reported a week ago that the trade with Russia “gleaning” more than 700 million dollars because of the “sagging” of the Russian market.
Because of the devaluation of the Russian ruble only three months for the delivered in Russian meat and dairy products Belarus were missing $ 160 million.
Over the unresolved problems of food production, with a tolerance of Belarusian companies on the Russian market, blocked Russian transit from Belarus to third countries through the territory of an ally, even for criticism of the Belarusian economic model and the Belarusian leader in the Russian media Lukashenko promised to find those responsible.
From now appointed officials Lukashenko demanded that people are not able to put the country’s leadership to offend any of the problems.
Shuffle
According to analysts in Minsk, new appointments do not mean changing economic, social and any other course.
“This is familiar from previous occasions leadership shuffle the deck. We have in this deck from the relocation of and “suits” nothing changes. And the president periodically shows who’s boss, who is allowed to punish and pardon – especially coming election year, “- says the candidate of economic sciences human rights activist Lyudmila Hraznova.
” Ritual “called changes in the government and the departments financial analyst Vadim Iosub.
“This is another act play about a just king and negligent boyars” – says Alexander Klaskouski Policy Analyst.
Yes, and President Lukashenko, stressing that “no state of emergency “no changes in personnel, said that according to tradition in a presidential election year makes new appointments and rotation, movement of personnel at all levels.
” I’d like to see before the election the new government, higher authorities tightened worked and that no one had any doubt there – I will not be working. I am ready and after the elections, if all goes well formed, to work with such a composition of the government and the officials, “- said Lukashenko.
Even though observers unanimously accuse Lukashenko in the shuffle familiar talent pool and the absence in the higher bodies management of new faces and new ideas, the Belarusian president said that he has one more reserve personnel that he is ready to use after the election to “doshlifovat” having a composition of authorities.
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