20 June 2002
Collective farmers dismiss chief manager, vote for reorganization
Farmers of the Pribuzhye collective farm in the Brest district at a recent general meeting voted to dismiss the farm's chief manager, Vladimir Saiko, to evict him from his cottage and to transform Pribuzhye into a
joint-stock company.
The farmers accused Mr. Saiko of financial abuses and of illegally occupying the cottage, which, they said, had been built at the farm's expense.
The Brest district police office brought embezzlement charges against Mr. Saiko this spring after the farmers complained to the Belarusian leader's administration that Mr. Saiko was abusing his position and was often missing from work for a long time. District authorities allowed the farmers to hold the general meeting in Mr. Saiko's absence. The general meeting elected Aleksandr Salapura, the former chief agronomist, to manage the farm. In March, the workers of the Belarus collective farm in the Brest district forced chief manager Spiridon Podshibyakin to resign, accusing him of profiteering at the farm's expense. Podshibyakin was arrested later and charged with stealing meat from the farm.
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