President Emomali Rahmon has reportedly harshly criticized heads of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) and Tajik Air (Tajik national air carrier) for poor performance and asked them to leave the session.
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday held a meeting to review the results of the past year‘s work.
The session participants included heads of ministries, agencies, provinces, cities and districts as well as directors of project implementation units. They reported on the results of work carried out last year.
After hearing the reports by Ruhullo Hakimzoda, Head of Amonatbonk and Khairullo Rahimov, Director-General of Tajik Air, the head of state sharply criticized them for poor performance and asked them to leave the session, a reliable source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview.
Meanwhile, the president’s official website just said yesterday that the reports by heads of Amonatbonk and Tajik Air were heard at the government session and nothing was said about the harsh criticism of activities of Hakimzoda and Rahimov.
President’s decrees on relieving Hakimzoda and Rahimov of their posts have no yet been published.
However, this gesture of the president means that Hakimzoda and Rahimov have lost their seats.
Ruhullo Hakimzoda, who had previously served as the first deputy head of Amonatbonk, was appointed to head the country’s savings bank on May 15, 2015.
Khairullo Rahimov was appointed Director-General of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Tajik Air on January 27, 2016.
Recall, Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, has actually suspended it operations stopping flights practically on all air routes. Experts say it can be ruled out that the company will be declared bankrupt with further handover to private hands.
A state commission was set up to investigate the current condition of the airline. The commission is presided over by Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda.
The national airline has experienced great financial difficulties since the end of the zero years. Specialists of the airline say that in such conditions the carrier turned out to be due to high prices for jet fuel and the unstable economic situation.
On September 25, 2018, the government issued the resolution approving the Special Program of State Support for Tajik Air Open Joint-Stock Company for 2018-2023 that was developed by the Supervisory Board.
Attached to the program is an Action Plan, which consists of 11 items. One of the main points of the Action Plan is to instruct the State Committee on Investments and State-owned Property Management, the Civil Aviation Agency and the airline itself to draw up and submit proposals on attracting investments through the privatization of the Tajik Air stake. It means that the government that owns all 100% of Tajik Air shares is ready to transfer the shares of the national air carrier to private hands.
