More powers for chairpersons of executive committees mean more responsibilities for the development of respective cities and districts, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss legal regulation of the status of chairpersons of district executive committees and city executive committees on 6 February, BelTA has learned. 

“You need to keep in mind that a higher status of chairpersons means a multiple increase in responsibility for the development of respective cities or districts,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The president has repeatedly emphasized the need to toughen discipline in the country. According to the head of state, he sees serious problems in this field.

“I warn everyone that if we fail to do this, we will struggle to fulfill the plans we have set for ourselves not only for this year, but also for the entire five-year period. Therefore, we need good discipline. That said, we will not be able to solve a single problem without heads of city and district executive committees; therefore, the tasks for them will be more demanding. Having more responsibilities, they need to have more powers to perform their duties. Everything is simple and clear. This is why a proposal was put forward to increase the role of chairpersons of city and district executive committees. These proposals should expand the powers of basic-level executive committees and their heads with an ultimate goal of significantly improving the economic performance and living standards of local people,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

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