Lukashenko set tasks for new executives: sowing, pricing, housing and communal services, most important political campaigns
The Head of State agreed to the appointment of a number of new heads of local executive and administrative authorities. In particular, the former head of the Brest Regional Executive Committee, Sergei Lobodinsky, will henceforth head the Brest City Executive Committee. Aleksandr Lukashenko asked why former mayor Aleksandr Rogachuk resigned from his post. It turned out that the leadership of the regional executive committee had proposed his candidacy for the post of chairman of the Brest Regional Federation of Trade Unions, but the President was not satisfied with this answer.
“Are there any reasons?” Aleksandr Lukashenko asked Sergei Lobodinsky.
“Work with enterprises comes to the forefront because the city’s economy can produce more results,” Sergei Lobodinsky replied.
The Head of the Belarus’ President Administration, Igor Sergeyenko, described the former mayor as an active socio-political person who has his own position and meets with the population, “But at some stage, the situation began to slip across many areas of the city’s development.”
In this regard, Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed hope that Sergei Lobodinsky, as a person who knows all the bottlenecks and shortcomings in Brest, will improve the situation, “So far, there are no big claims to the Brest Region. You do not work worse than other areas. But all the same.”
The President asked Sergei Yermolitsky, who took the post of Chairman of the Krugloe District Executive Committee, why he decided to ‘rush’ to Krugloe from the Gomel Region, which he headed in recent time.
“The Mogilev Region for me is a small motherland. I would like to work in the Mogilev Region. This is my desire,” Sergei Yermolitsky answered frankly.
Aleksandr Lukashenko gave the following instructions to Dmitry Petrozhitsky, who was appointed to the post of the First Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee, “As far as Gomel is concerned, you are aware of the problems. There is nowhere to retreat, this year is indicative. The fact that you are standing next to the governor and will be responsible is good. Prepare together with Ivan Krupko [Chairman of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee] to start working properly and under difficult conditions.”
As an example, Aleksandr Lukashenko cited the sowing campaign that began in the region, “If you apply extra fertilisers on time now, you will have a harvest. The same refers to the whole of Belarus: it’s necessary to apply extra fertilisers for winter crops on time. I oversee some fields. Where fertilisers were applied 4-5 days ago before these warm days, all the fields are green, and the rapeseed is already turning green. Therefore, I insist that there be ‘martial law’ in this regard. it’s necessary to work day and night and to do this on time. Because now it will freeze a little, sleet, and by Easter it will dry thoroughly, and you will have dust, just like in the Brest Region’s sandstones. Therefore, it is necessary to work very quickly. There is no other way.”
Addressing all the new executives, Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed, “You are aware of all tasks. I have spoken about this more than once. This year is special. Everyone needs to prepare for political campaigns so that they don’t begin to shake us once again. There is probably no reason for this at all. We have learnt the main lessons of 2020, so I don’t think we’ll have any big problems.”
However, the President instructed to pay attention to the questions raised by people in their appeals and review all these requirements: what the authorities should do, they should do, and what the people themselves should do, they must do.
Aleksandr Lukashenko also instructed to ‘monitor pricing and the problems of housing and communal services’, “Here you have to look. Of course, everyone must repair the fences themselves, especially in the countryside. Rural councils practically fall out of sight, and they do not look after the villages.”
The Head of State also reminded of his instruction to implement at least one investment project in each district, “We will not forget it, especially I. This is my personal instruction to each chair of the district executive committee. It is necessary to run quickly around the country, look for investors, they have probably already been found. This year you must report on the implementation of this project depending on labour force. If it’s a small town of Krugloe and the workforce may not be much there, let it be just a ten-job project. If it’s a larger area, then there should be more, depending on how much free labour we have.”
Undoubtedly, the focus of attention of the new executives should be the development of production.
“The markets are open, especially the huge Russian market. Everyone needs to move, not only the regional authorities, but also the chairs of the city and district executive committees. Our district executive committees are not fully involved, being underused in this regard. Therefore, insistence on high standards will only increase in this regard,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
He noted that the division that existed in Soviet times, when the Communist Party separately dealt with personnel, ideology, and the district executive committees used to specialise in production, no longer exists, "Everything is in your hands. Therefore, take it and act. There’s no one to blame. Times will be tough, so don’t relax.”