President delivers address to Belarusian People and National Assembly

24 апреля 2018

The main political event of the year is the President's message to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly. The head of state traditionally summed up the results of the country's life for the year since the previous message and outlined the upcoming priorities.

A number of issues was raised related to foreign and domestic policies, economy, and social standards. Speaking about Belarus in the world arena, the head of state spoke about the problems accumulated in the Eurasian Economic Union.

The Belarusian leader stressed that the time for the planned distribution economy has gone. Today, we need to fight hard for markets and the country needs smart modern managers.

The head of state spoke harshly about corruption. The country has established effective mechanisms to combat these crimes, which have a disastrous effect on the economy. According to the President, bribery can undermine the basis of any state. It creates the ground for the growth of the shadow economy and undermines people's trust in the state. There should be no place for corruption in Belarus.

The media regularly report on the high-profile arrests and punishment of officials for such crimes.

There are a lot of honest and decent people in the management system. They are absolute majority, otherwise it would simply be impossible to work. Last year the President warned the leaders that if corruption cases are registered at their subordinate enterprises, organizations, institutions, they would lose their posts. But, apparently, not everyone understood the first time. There are plenty of mechanisms for counteracting corruption today. Anticorruption Law, adopted in 2015, is the most rigid in the post-Soviet space. The effective work of law enforcement agencies is established: hiding the facts of criminal activity becomes more and more complicated.

The TV version of the address will be shown on all Belarusian TV channels at 9:00 pm.