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Belarus President: speculations about Belarus government resignation are groundless

SVETLOGORSK, April 7 (BelTA) – All speculations about resignation of the Belarusian government are groundless, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told reporters in Svetlogorsk on April 7. “These speculations are not new. They are spread by people who want to destabilize the situation in the country. May be this way they want to get in the government. But they have already been there and demonstrated their complete incompetence. The government is not going to resign,” the President underlined. Alexander Lukashenko said that “if someone stops working, he should leave.” “You will see it in the near future”, Alexander Lukashenko added. But it does not pertain to the government in general. There are some people, some individuals, who are not performing well, are tired, this is why they should pluck up courage to leave,” the President said. “They should calm down, stop exaggerating problems which in fact do not exist. There are no enemies in the government, no people opposing the current policies,” the head of state underlined. The President reminded that he is going to study the work of heads of enterprises in Q1. Apart from that, a comprehensive assessment will be given to the economic performance in the conditions of the crisis in H1,” the President added. Talking about the impact of the global crisis on the Belarusian economy, Alexander Lukashenko noted that this crisis will benefit the country to some extent as it will teach how to produce competitive products, sell them and how to work. “Of course, the crisis has put us in a difficult position, but it has a purging function. Only those who can work will be left,” the Belarusian leader said. Alexander Lukashenko praised the work of Svetlogorsk Khimvolokno. In 2009, the company’s production output will grow 14-15% which has already been supported by orders. The profitability of its products was 2-3% over the last months; the enterprise ranks first in terms of the profitability of some products. “Such enterprises of the chemical industry were hit most by the financial and economic crisis. Nevertheless, the enterprise works well. There are some people, however, who gave up and know only one way out: to ask the government to give them money. They should learn to sell products,” the President said.

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