As he was approving the appointment of Aleksandr Bykov as chairman of the Chashniki District Executive Committee, the president pointed out: “You are up to date on things, you know that it won't be easy and the chairman of the district executive committee will have to work a lot.”
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “About ten years ago I suggested reviving some structures in district administrations and oblast administrations if things are too difficult and giving them the functions that district committees of the Communist Party used to do: personnel, ideology, and so on. In order to reduce your workload. Nearly everyone said unanimously we shouldn't do it because you can handle it on your own. You understood correctly that certainly control and pressure would have been greater.”
According to the president, he has abandoned that idea and it is not under consideration now. Practice demonstrated that heads of the district administrations manage to do their jobs. They did their jobs during election campaigns among other things. “The last few campaigns – the heavy presidential one and the not exactly easy referendum one – proceeded decently and beautifully as I always say. The system works, this is why there is no need to break it or introduce some additional areas of work for some bodies to take care of it,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
On the whole, the president thanked the newly appointed officials for choosing a civil service career in the complicated times. “Guys, I am very grateful to you that you choose public service during this difficult time and become civil servants. Although it seems you've been doing good, calm work that the nation and the state need before the appointment as well. But time is very challenging now. This is why I am grateful to you for taking the risk to become civil servants. And you were statesmen enough before the appointment,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
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