MINSK, 4 April (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko named the main formula of interaction between the state and athletes during the meeting to discuss support for the country’s physical education and sport organizations on 4 April, BelTA has learned.
“The approach is inviolable: if you give results, you get money and, above all, decent salaries. If there is no result, there is no money. This is the main formula,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The head of state noted that he had always talked about such an approach. “This is exactly what we will do. We need results. With no result, we will get nowhere,” the president said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko adheres to the same principle in other areas. “It cannot be like that that I demand from the government, from the new prime minister to secure economic growth. Or I demand from the head of the Administration to give me proper organization and so on. Or I demand progress in the social sector from the deputy prime minister. And at the same time you will feel relaxed about what you do. It cannot be like that. There is one criterion. If there is economic growth, then the government, the National Bank work well. If there are results in sport, then it is good,” the Belarusian leader said.
At the same time, the head of state stressed that close attention should be paid to train young athletes. The president asked what had been done to put things in order, first of all, in team sports and what more needed to be done, how his instructions were being carried out and how the use of public funds allocated to clubs and federations was controlled.
“I want to warn you, guys. It is not a problem today to track where this money goes. That's exactly what we are going to do. And I want to tell you the following: Please, finance your relatives, friends, mistresses out of your own pocket. Use your own money. Earn it wherever you want and use it to financially support them. This will be decent, manly. I think you will make the right conclusions from what I have said. Do clubs manage their funds fairly and effectively enough or do they simply burn them thoughtlessly? What do they use this money for? We will hold the Sports Ministry accountable for sports facilities that cost billions of rubles,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.
“The approach is inviolable: if you give results, you get money and, above all, decent salaries. If there is no result, there is no money. This is the main formula,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The head of state noted that he had always talked about such an approach. “This is exactly what we will do. We need results. With no result, we will get nowhere,” the president said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko adheres to the same principle in other areas. “It cannot be like that that I demand from the government, from the new prime minister to secure economic growth. Or I demand from the head of the Administration to give me proper organization and so on. Or I demand progress in the social sector from the deputy prime minister. And at the same time you will feel relaxed about what you do. It cannot be like that. There is one criterion. If there is economic growth, then the government, the National Bank work well. If there are results in sport, then it is good,” the Belarusian leader said.
At the same time, the head of state stressed that close attention should be paid to train young athletes. The president asked what had been done to put things in order, first of all, in team sports and what more needed to be done, how his instructions were being carried out and how the use of public funds allocated to clubs and federations was controlled.
“I want to warn you, guys. It is not a problem today to track where this money goes. That's exactly what we are going to do. And I want to tell you the following: Please, finance your relatives, friends, mistresses out of your own pocket. Use your own money. Earn it wherever you want and use it to financially support them. This will be decent, manly. I think you will make the right conclusions from what I have said. Do clubs manage their funds fairly and effectively enough or do they simply burn them thoughtlessly? What do they use this money for? We will hold the Sports Ministry accountable for sports facilities that cost billions of rubles,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.
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