Kyrgyzstan plans to hold as soon as possible privatization of 250 federal facilities, says "Nezavisimaya Gazeta". The authorities intend to sell hydroelectric power, thermal stations, the national railroad, historical sites, natural resources and even glaciers.
Scale sale of State property began in the country in January. Then, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said that privatization should lead to the upgrading of facilities and industries. "There is a master - it means that there is someone to ask" - cites "Nezavisimaya Gazeta words Bakiyev.
Former presidential candidate Kyrgyzstan Toktayym Umetalieva called a large-scale privatization "Christmas rasprodazhey" and said that if the authorities will continue in the same vein, the Kyrgyz Republic will have no choice but Government House buildings and ministries.
According to the head of the Association of Political Scientists of Kyrgyzstan Nur Omarova, because of the privatization of hydro power plants and CHP State could lose control over energy, and consequently the possibility of an independent energy policy in Central Asia.
A deputy from the opposition Social Democratic Party Bakyt Beshimov described the privatization of JSC "Kyrgyztelecom". He said the company appreciated suspiciously in a small amount, many companies were not allowed to participate in the tender, and the new owner of AO has been firm, which faces people close to Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Beshimov said that the Government had ignored questions about the appropriateness of Deputies and the circumstances of privatization. In his view, this process can lead to "social explosion" in Kyrgyzstan.
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