27 October 2001
Brest government head Gennady Mosko offers resignation
Gennady Mosko, chairman of the Brest City Executive Committee, has requested the Brest regional government, to relieve his of this post.
The city authorities has been under criticism from the regional government and the State Control Committee lately for serious shortcomings in the social and economic sphere.
At a meeting held in mid-October, the board of the State Control Committee's Brest regional branch gave an extremely negative assessment of the City Executive Committee's performance. The branch said in a report that "the Brest City Executive Committee has accumulated considerable problems in the organization of work.... The revealed facts are evidence that the City Executive Committee cannot
control to a sufficient degree the processes in the city."
State Control Committee inspectors insisted that this state of affairs "creates favorable grounds for abuses." At a special session held on October 26, the Brest City Executive Committee discussed the findings made State Control Committee inspectors after studying the operation of the city's public transportation. As a result, the directors of a number of transport organizations and some government officials received reprimands. During the second part of the session, which was held behind closed doors, the committee discussed its internal
problems. Just then Mr. Mosko expressed his intention to resign.
If Mr. Mosko's resignation is accepted, the law-enforcement
agencies may launch an inquiry into the disclosed wrongdoings within the Brest City Executive Committee, an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told BelaPAN.
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