DUSHANBE, April 9, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik political scientist Parviz Mullojonov considers that traditional president’s annual address to the parliament will have effect only if the president tightens control over activities of officials.
“President’s meeting with the parliament is one of crucial moments in the life of the country, during which the president outlines the main problems and ways of seeking solution to them. President’s address to the parliament is an important event even if not all problems outlined by the president are solved,” Mr. Mullojonov told Asia-Plus in an interview.
He noted that last year and the year before last the president raised the problem of labor migration and internal stability in his addresses.
“I think that this year, taking into account the recent developments in Ukraine and the fact that world order is considerably changing, at least within the CIS area, the president will touch upon mainly the issues related to internal stability, geopolitics and labor migration problems in his address,” the expert noted.
He further added that it was hard to say whether solution would be found to the outlined problems or not.
“There ought not to hope that president’s meetings with the parliament will be effective. They will not be effective because it is necessary to change the whole system of management. The main problem is corruption; to solve this problem there ought to reduce the civil service staff and tighten control over activities of officials,” Mr. Mullojonov said.
