MINSK, 12 March (BelTA) – Law enforcement agencies must crack down on unjustified intermediation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss measures to eliminate unjustified and unfair intermediation on 12 March, BelTA has learned.
The president noted that he had a discussion with Agriculture and Food Minister Yuri Gorlov urging him to eliminate intermediation in agriculture “as a class”. Nevertheless, such examples still occur. Moreover, this concerns not only imports but also Belarusian-made goods.
The head of state cited the following example: “In Belarus, Gomselmash produces a combine harvester, and farmers purchase this combine harvester through intermediaries. Is that normal? And they even justify it so eloquently.”
Moreover, as the State Control Committee has found out, the money for these intermediary schemes is borrowed from Belarusian banks. “So why can’t we borrow it? Why Gorlov and the governors, together with their farmers, can’t borrow this money and buy a combine harvester from Gomselmash?” the Belarusian leader asked a rhetorical question.
The president noted that he had a discussion with Agriculture and Food Minister Yuri Gorlov urging him to eliminate intermediation in agriculture “as a class”. Nevertheless, such examples still occur. Moreover, this concerns not only imports but also Belarusian-made goods.
The head of state cited the following example: “In Belarus, Gomselmash produces a combine harvester, and farmers purchase this combine harvester through intermediaries. Is that normal? And they even justify it so eloquently.”
Moreover, as the State Control Committee has found out, the money for these intermediary schemes is borrowed from Belarusian banks. “So why can’t we borrow it? Why Gorlov and the governors, together with their farmers, can’t borrow this money and buy a combine harvester from Gomselmash?” the Belarusian leader asked a rhetorical question.
In this regard, Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed Prosecutor General Dmitry Gora and the law enforcement agencies to crack down on unjustified intermediation. “As soon as you see intermediaries for Belarusian products, don’t even investigate,” the president addressed the Prosecutor General. “As soon as you see intermediaries in sales of candy, chocolate, clothing, milk, meat, or Belarusian-made machinery, send them straight to a pre-trial detention center.”
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