Seizures Go On 11:06, 01/03/2002, “Voice of America”
The experts continue to discuss the motivation of the extensive anti- directorship campaign of the Belarusian government that is aimed for intimidation of the leaders of the industry and, they say, for receiving full control of the industry by the authorities. The campaign is not ending. The Public Prosecutor General Viktar Sheiman named the figures for the last year. More than 20 thousands people were made answerable, among them about 400 executives. The prosecutor’s office sent to court 44 thousands cases, two times as much as in 2000. Meanwhile Mr.Sheiman stated that “powers of procurator should be more attacking, to disclose the shortcomings of the enterprises actively and determinedly take steps necessary for legal activities of the state institutions and private enterprises”.
The past has demonstrated that the authorities in Belarus are not disposed to mercy and compromises. The former director of the Minsk refrigerator plant Leanid Kaluhin, for instance, who was arrested in November, according to the new verdict is to remain in jail until May. The appeal of attorney Alyaxandar Pylchenka for a house arrest for Kaluhin was ignored. And the MTZ, Minsk Tractor-building plant that was left without director, financing and practically stopped, the Ministry of Industry ordered to resume work in full volume. Neither at the plant, nor at the ministry knows how to make it…
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