Belarus President: order impossible without eradicating corruption in state agencies
MINSK, May 21 (BelTA) – It is impossible to establish order in the country without eradicating corruption in state agencies, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Chairman of the State Security Committee Vadim Zaitsev on May 21.
The press service of the President of Belarus told BelTA, appointing the new KGB chief in 2008, the head of state gave several instructions regarding the improvement of the agency performance and increasing its role. On May 21 the President heard out a report about what has been done since then.
Alexander Lukashenko pointed out that state security bodies should work much better. The role and significance of the KGB should be raised to the level they were at during the best Soviet times.
As the State Security Committee is working hard to eradicate corruption in state agencies, the President asked questions about the state of things in this area. “Without establishing order in state agencies, we will not establish order in the country,” stressed Alexander Lukashenko.
The President pointed out that his instruction about keeping the KGB ranks clean must be followed precisely. Negative facts have no place in state security bodies.
Periodical external attempts to discredit and shove power-wielding bodies against each other, in particular, the KGB and the Interior Ministry, were touched upon. Several cases of information leakage on the Internet designed to achieve these goals have been registered lately. The head of state said: “The response should be the same: “You are in the civil service and should act in the interests of the nation”. Alexander Lukashenko remarked, every power-wielding body in Belarus has clearly outlined responsibility areas and duties. The President constantly ensures the necessary cooperation between power-wielding bodies. As far as attempts to discredit power-wielding agencies are concerned, they are purely artificial, added the head of state.
