Will Bakiev become a great reformist?
Kyrgyzstan, Politics and SocietyOne Comment
Today can truly be a turning point in the development of Kyrgyzstan - a kind of “24th March” in evolution of governmental insitutions of the country. Today, President Bakiev announced new reforms in public administration system, reforms that will transform all state institutions of the country without exception. The reforms are extensive. Even the president himself stated that “Kyrgyzstan has not yet seen such a massive reduction of the number of officials (40%!).” New reforms should definitely change the course of development of the country, but only time will show for better or for worse.
President Bakiev delivered a speech today at so called “general meeting” that gathered officials from every branch of the government. During his speech, Kurmanbek Bakeiv explained that under the new structure the government will consist of 14 ministries, 7 agencies, 6 services, and 2 funds.
Ministries:
- Ministry of Finance;
- Ministry of Justice;
- Ministry of Defense;
- Ministry of Interior;
- Ministry of Emergency Situations;
- Ministry of Energy;
- Ministry of Economic Regulation;
- Ministry of Agriculture;
- Ministry of Natural Resources;
- Ministry of Transport and Communications;
- Ministry of State Property;
- Ministry of Health;
- Ministry of Education and Science;
- Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration.Agencies under the Government:
- Agency of Antimonopoly Regulation;
- Forestry and Environmental Protection Agency;
- Social Security Agency;
- Communications Agency;
- Agency of Physical Education and Sports;
- Agency of Architecture and Construction;
- Agency of Culture.Services to the Government:
- Enforcement Service;
- Financial Intelligence Service;
- Border Guard;
- Tax Service;
- Customs Service;
- Service for supervision and regulation of the financial market.And two funds:
- Fund state material reserves;
- Fund of obligatory medical insurance.
All government committees are abolished.
State Committee for National Security will be transformed to the State Agency of National Security and will be derived from the structure of the Government.
Also, the Finance Police and the State Patent Service will also be derived from the structure of government, and be renamed as the State Service of Finance Police and the State Service of Intellectual Property, respecfully.
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