Over 170 officials punished for violating the procedure for considering citizens' appeals in the Vitebsk region

Over 170 officials have been held accountable for violating the procedure for considering citizens' and legal entities' appeals in the Vitebsk region in 2012, the department for work with citizens' and legal entities' appeals of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

Based on the violations established during the consideration of appeals, the Regional Executive Committee sent 22 submissions on bringing to justice those guilty of violating the procedure for considering citizens' and legal entities' appeals and legislation on citizens' appeals to the Vitebsk, Novopolotsk, Orsha, Polotsk City Executive Committees, and the Vitebsk District Executive Committee. For the violations committed, 173 officials of the executive and administrative bodies of the region were brought to disciplinary responsibility, and two were brought to administrative responsibility.

In addition, in the region, those guilty have been held accountable based on the results of monitoring the work of state bodies and organizations in the region with the population, conducted last year by an interdepartmental working group created by the President's order. For violations and shortcomings identified during the monitoring, 6 officials of district executive committees and 17 officials of organizations were brought to disciplinary responsibility. Problematic issues that arose during the monitoring have been taken under the control of the Regional Executive Committee.