BISHKEK (TCA) — “Today’s decision can be called historic. The law enforcement system reform should strengthen the law and order, so that ordinary citizens, business, and investments are protected by the law,” Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev said on July 4 at the meeting of the Defense Council which approved a set of measures to reform the country’s law enforcement system, the President’s press service said.
The President added that these measures “should give an impetus to development of the country’s economy.”
During the meeting, Defense Council Secretary Temir Jumakadyrov said the reform is aimed at optimization of the law enforcement agencies resources.
“The reform should raise the citizens’ confidence in the law enforcement agencies, minimize corruption risks, eliminate the negative influence on the investment climate, and liquidate unlawful pressure on business,” he said.
The reform will also eliminate excessive and duplicating functions and powers of the law enforcement agencies.
Jumakadyrov told a news conference on July 4 that Kyrgyzstan will disband the State Service for Drugs Control (SSDC).
In his words, in 2015 the SSDC accounted for 17.8 percent of all drugs seized in Kyrgyzstan while the Interior Ministry accounted for 81.2 percent.
Jumakadyrov said that a decision had been made to incorporate the SSDC into the Interior Ministry.
The Defense Council Secretary added that the General Prosecutor’s Office will be deprived of investigation functions, which will be passed over to the State Committee of National Security and State Service for the Fight against Economic Crimes.
