Bishkek mayor: I am absolutely ready to take personal responsibility for my inaction or wrong actions.

I am fully prepared to take personal responsibility for my inaction or improper actions, said the mayor of Bishkek Isa Omurkulov on May 27 at the meeting of the Kyrgyz Parliament responding to the questions of deputy from the faction of Ata Meken Shirin Aitmatova. Speaking at a meeting, Aitmatova said that she was concerned about the situation around the shelters, schools and kindergartens. "Since your election, for which President Otunbaeva stepped over the handling of the Parliament, we received many signals of the mayor's office's work," said the deputy. In particular, the parliamentarian's questions were related to the rehabilitation center "Shining Path", tenders around buying supplies and furniture that are "not properly conducted", the problems of the rehabilitation center named after Petrushevkiy, frozen construction of schools in the district of Dordoi and Ak-Zhar, eviction of disabled from the social apartments, the situation around the park of Ataturk and the election policy of equestrian school, where the children with cerebral palsy were taught. Shirin Aitmatova said that today it is important to provide open personnel and financial policies with regard to schools, kindergartens and orphanages. In her opinion, directors of schools should be selected on a competitive basis and funding for these structures should be a priority. Omurkulov noted that he fully supports the deputy and addresses all issues raised by Aitmatova. In his words, issues of rehabilitation centers, schools and general solutions to social problems are on the priority. More than 52% of city budget is spent on solving social issues. Referring to the rehabilitation center "Shining Path", the mayor said that there was "much ado about nothing." "Nobody takes away their building, I just did not enter into this debate, I did not want to be engaged in polemics. We have extended the contract. I do not know who is making up a problem," said the mayor. Omurkulov noted that there are only 2 rehabilitation centers in the city, one is in the neighborhood of Jal named after Petrushevskiy with 70 seats and the House of Babies with 110 seats. "There are no other centers, they are financed in full, there are no problems with funding, there are some complaints about the wrong acts or inactions of individual managers. We try to figure out them very carefully, because it is a very vulnerable environment. But unfortunately, before appealing to the mayor, people post them in the Internet and it seems that I am a despot," said the mayor. Referring to Ataturk Park, Omurkulov said that there is no per se equestrian school. "It has never been registered, there is no registered land for it, it is a private property. And this fellow, who now makes himself hurt, occupied about 2 hectares. He removed the fertile layer of land, made a shelter for horses, the park has become a pasture for horses and he, unfortunately, pretends to be helping sick children. We act according to laws and take steps to clean up the land," added the mayor.

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