Chairman of the Executive Committee of Yelsk wants a Touareg for half a billion BYR (Photo)

The luxury SUV for the official will be bought on the means of district budget.

Yelsk Executive Committee of the Gomel region has announced a tender for the purchase of a car. Officials want, neither more nor less, a luxurious Jeep Volkswagen Touareg. Pay for such a "necessary" purchase they plan from the local budget, reports TUT.by.

On the website of the National Center of Marketing and Price is a tender announcement from Yelsk Executive Committee. Details of the price request suggest that Yelsk officials know much about good and expensive cars. Judge for yourself: they want to buy a Touareg V6 TDI Tiptronic or its equivalent, the engine - 3.0 V6 TDI, 150 kW/204 hp, transmission - 8-speed AT, color - black pearl.

For this vehicle Yelsk Executive Committee is ready to offer 587,100,000 rubles. In the line "source of funding" - a modest phrase "the local budget". Obviously, there are no other immediate expenses in Yelsk region...

A TUT.BY journalist used the specified in the announcement phone to contact with an employee of Yesk District Executive Committee Nadezhda Yakushenka. To the question whether it is possible to choose a more modest and cheaper car she replied: "Well, it's for the Chairman ..." In addition, according to Nadezhda Ivanauna, the ad contains the words "or equivalent", which means that it is possible that the car will cost cheaper than those 587.1 million, mentioned in the ad.