Ilham Aliyev: In some cases, illegal actions were based on instructions from bloated, insatiable officials

In some cases, illegal actions were based on instructions from greedy, insatiable officials sitting in the center

As Oxu.Az reports, this was stated by President Ilham Aliyev while receiving his new plenipotentiary representative in Nakhchivan and the appointed heads of Executive Authority for several districts.

"You are being appointed to leadership positions in various regions of our country. You have been entrusted with great confidence, and I am sure that you will justify it through your work and efforts to fulfill the tasks before you.

Of course, great responsibility requires great work. First of all, you must fulfill all my instructions. The instructions that I give during each appointment of individuals to leadership positions in the regions should become their main working principles - above all, to serve the people, to be with the people. Every person working in a leadership position, every official should be modest. In life, in everyday matters, they and their close relatives should behave in such a way that there are no complaints regarding our common cause.

Unfortunately, in some cases, officials behave inappropriately in society, show excessive arrogance, try to put themselves above everyone else, thereby losing their own authority and simultaneously discrediting our state and its policies. Along with this, in a number of cases, they engage in corruption and bribery. The Azerbaijani public knows well that any government official involved in unseemly affairs will ultimately have to answer before the court, the law, and such cases, unfortunately, exist today as well. However, it is completely evident to society that no illegal action will remain without consequences. Therefore, my requirement of you is to simultaneously wage a serious fight against unsightly phenomena, to select reliable, professional, and morally clean personnel in your staffing policy, to prove through your work in the regions you will lead that my choice was correct. Otherwise, of course, necessary measures will be taken.

However, I also know that some local officials were forced to commit these illegal actions. Of course, the responsibility placed on them required a completely different approach. However, at the same time, it is also true that in some cases, these illegal actions were based on instructions from greedy, insatiable officials sitting in the center. But, I say again, as a result of the policy of rehabilitation and purification, I am confident that now no one will give you illegal instructions. If someone does give such an instruction, immediately inform me, and serious measures will be taken against these people," the head of state noted.