Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he heard out a report from Deputy Prime Minister Natalya Kochanova
It is necessary to improve the situation with human resources in the social sphere. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he heard out a report from Deputy Prime Minister Natalya Kochanova on 11 October, BelTA has learned.
The President stated: “It is all about people. The current state of affairs in the social sphere, which you are supposed to oversee as a member of the government, leaves much to be desired. I am even concerned about the system used to evaluate personnel in all areas.”
The head of state underlined that it is time to get things moving for the sake of addressing these issues. “You have seen the people. You know what these people are capable or incapable of doing. Punishing someone is not the idea. Every one of them has a family, a destiny and so on. But if a person is not up to the task, he or she has to go. If any personnel shifts or changes are necessary, you need to be able to see it,” said Alexander Lukashenko.
The President described problems by using specific spheres as an example. Sport was one of them. “We all saw how our athletes performed during the Olympic Games in Rio. I see that our sport functionaries keep talking happily about it. They are satisfied, they believe that things went well. Well, they may be satisfied but you and I are not and neither is the nation. We didn't expect such characterless and abnormal performance,” noted the head of state.
“A huge amount of money has been invested in sport. There were no complaints. But the investments produced no results to satisfy the nation's requirements since the nation's money was used to finance the trip to Rio,” stressed Alexander Lukashenko. “Yet the sport functionaries are satisfied with the state of affairs. They are making preparations to host a general assembly of the European Olympic committees although I've told them repeatedly they should contact [Head of the Belarus President Administration Alexander] Kosinets and [Deputy Prime Minister Natalya] Kochanova. I've told them they should get in touch with the sport federations, the Sports and Tourism Ministry to discuss personnel matters and all the other things and only then host the assembly. The event should be hosted by the people, who will work in the new Olympic cycle.”
