Lukashenko demands to sort out disloyal executives

<p> MINSK, Dec 16 - PrimePress. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has demanded to sort out disloyal executives. Lukashenko made a statement to this effect at conference meeting to discuss Belarus’ response to sanctions on 16 December, the president’s press service reported. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Lukashenko says neither the government nor the National Bank “show signs of hysteria or nervousness”. “This businesslike spirit must be preserved in the future. Complacency (if it is complacency) is unacceptable. Any work should bring about results on a daily basis. We need more cohesion and diligence than ever!” said Lukashenko. </p> <p>   </p> <p> “Take a careful look at the administrative personnel: we have too many administrators with the anti-government position. What surprises me most of all is that there are many such people among healthcare administrators (especially in Minsk). They think they are very smart and they can do the jobs of the prime minister, the head of the Belarus President Administration, speakers of the parliament, or everyone else,” said Lukashenko. </p> <p>   </p> <p> In his words, no one forbids anyone to have their own point of view. “Everyone is entitled to their own point of view, and so you are. I don’t mind it. However, all of us sitting here and the executives I have just mentioned should stay within certain limits. If you want to be absolutely independent, if you want to call for sanctions, fight against the government, and so on, you are welcome to join those self-exiled in Lithuania and Poland. More and more of them want to return home. Yet, you are free to go there, take these posts and call for sanctions. You know you will be out of reach for us there and you will not get six or eight years in prison under the new law,” Lukashenko. </p> <p>   </p> <p> “However, if you are in charge of a team, you owe an allegiance to the state, no matter whether you run a private or state-run enterprise, and double so if you are a uniformed officer or a civil servant. You should have a clear understanding of your role and place. Otherwise, as I have repeated many times, any actions against the state will be considered as betrayal,” Lukashenko warned. </p> <p>   </p> <p> He also stressed that there should be no excesses, ‘[Stalin-like] purges as in the 1930s’. “We need to know what kind of people we have in the state apparatus. However, we will not be able to identify all of them anyway. There were thousands of them [in the country] who put their names on the nomination papers of opposition candidates, so what? We need to deal with important stuff. Believe me, over the year people’s sentiments have changed completely,” said Lukashenko. </p> <p>   </p> <p> “We should identify all those who left their signatures, especially those who work in the vertical of power. But there is no need to pursue them, to hold them accountable. For what? Aren’t there other more important things to do? Moreover, many have changed their allegiances for the third time already. But those who have violated the law, encouraged people to violate the law (we also have a lot of them) must be dealt with. But this must be done carefully, without an all-fit-measuring stick, or otherwise we might turn into someone we detest, into some barbarians and punish innocent people. Therefore, we should tread carefully,” said Lukashenko. End </p>

2021-12-17

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