The news about the unexpected session of RT government held on January 18 in Dushanbe with the participation of the heads of viloyats, towns and districts, ministries and departments, responsible persons of the president's apparatus and the Cabinet of ministers under the guidance of the President of the country Emomali Rahmonov caught many people unawares, as experts deem. By tradition the events of this type were conducted after summing up the totals of a year in districts, viloyats, ministries and committees of the republic. What is the cause of such an operative decision on the part of the head of the country that he changed a stereotype and resorted to non-standardized approach in so far as the conference-meeting on the totals of 2002 is concerned? As original sources being near to governmental structures believe, the present economic and social state of the republic doesn't satisfy the president; most of all he is alarmed with corruption, bribery, excessive bureaucratism in the frameworks of the power, indifference of many leaders through whose fault the process of economic reforms of the country is hampered. It is due to this that rumors are spread over the country about cardinal cadres rearrangement in the top echelons of the power. It is rather difficult to say anything about degree of the preparations for the conference-meeting in question. But the fact is that today the republic is in the deep economic crisis, 80% of population lives beyond the line of poverty and that makes us think about the future.
At the initial stage of statehood formation Tojikiston wasn't predestined to enjoy plentifully the benefits and advantages independence is supposed to bring. Social-economic and political problems accumulated throughout decades were used by outward and inward forces for kindling the civil war in the country having entailed a peril of tens of thousands of people, many Tojikiston residents had to leave their Motherland; colossal damage having been delivered upon economy and social-cultural realm.
The way to peace was long and hard for Tojikiston. Alongside with the search of the ways of peace establishment the Government of the country had to solve also the problem of economy transformation as it was only medium which might help it out of the heaviest crisis.
As it is mentioned in the state program on poverty level reduction in Tojikiston, our republic occupies the 103-rd place among 174 countries assessed on a human development index. At present the major part of Tojikiston population live either in poverty level or beyond its line. Poverty defined by the level of incomes and consumption, access to education, health service, water supply, diverse power resources, transport, mass media reflects, first of all, on socially unprotected layers of population. Especially strikingly it is seen in rural areas.
Fortunately, Tojikiston is rich with mineral resources, it has a huge potential of natural resources on whose base one can build enterprises of mining industry, those of constructive materials, pharmacy, power engineering, cotton fiber and silk manufacturing, fruits and vegetables processing. But, regretfully, today the national economy is unable to overcome the dragging on crisis, which in the long run poured into a sharp reduction of population's living standard. Our society need acutely in an acceleration of political and economic reforms. Of course, no few things have been done in the country for transition to market economy formation and development of different forms of property, in particular, for disstatehood of property, drawing in foreign investments and inculcation of modern technologies into home production. But even the creation of such a minimal base and conditions of national economy doesn't just as before bring real changes into the social life of our co-citizens.
Alongside with objective and subjective causes cadres politics undoubtedly tells upon economy reforms resulting in their arrears and non-development. Just this theme is sure to have been a priority one at the extended sitting of the government. This time the president who had remarked multiple times that the future of the republic and the people upon the whole will depend on the professional level of our cadres and their sense of responsibility took a firm and uncompromising stance when appointing leading workers.