Regular decisions regarding officials in the context of issue about excessive payments to top managers of national companies and state institutions of development are possible in Kazakhstan

/INTERFAX-KAZAKHSTAN, Astana, September 20, 06/ - In Kazakhstan with respect to officials, who committed violation of office ethics in the issue of remuneration of labor to top managers of national companies and state institutions of development, appropriate regular decisions will be taken. This was declared in the course of the meeting of the Board of safety, which was held on Wednesday in Astana under the chairmanship of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of the republic, is noted in the widespread message of the press service of the head of the state. It is reported in it "officials of some organizations in defiance of generally recognized ethical norms baselessly fixed themselves excessively high payments". Thus, according to the press release, "concrete examples with respect to leadership of Kazakhtelecom JSC, Kazpost JSC, the national company Kazcosmos, Development bank of Kazakhstan and other" were given in the course of the meeting. Anar Meshimbayeva, the head of department of social-economic analysis of the administration of the president of the republic, came out with report on given issue on the meeting of the Board of safety, is reported in the press release. Summing up the results of the meeting, is indicated in the press release, the head of the state reminded about a problem, put by him in the course of opening the regular session of the parliament, "to increase wages of state employees to the level, comparable with big Kazakhstan private companies". At that N. Nazarbayev, according to the press release, emphasized that "level of wages will be connected to concrete labor results" and "such principle also must be fulfilled for employees of companies with participation of the state, operating with state assets and funds, appropriated from the budget". In this connection it is reported in the press release that the head of the state "charged to introduce the system of objective control over activity of state companies and development institutions". "The government was given a commission to set united principles of forming funds of labor remuneration in governing bodies of national and joint-stock companies with participation of the state," is indicated in the press release. "Ungrounded increase of wages of top managers immediately affects the growth of prices and tariffs and is reflected on consumers' interests. Concrete authorities and personal responsibility of members of the board of directors for condition of proceedings in companies with participation of the state will be established, since boards of directors are headed with officials of profile ministries and departments," is emphasized in the message of the press service. Control over execution of commissions given by N. Nazarbayev was entrusted to the apparatus of the Board of safety. [2006-09-20]