Public officials in Kyrgyzstan don’t pay electricity bills – Saparbek Argymbaev

“Public officials in Kyrgyzstan don’t pay electricity bills,” announced Severelectro OJSC Saparbek Argymbaev on today’s panel discussion Corruption Fighting Methods in Energy Sector.

According him, it is complicated to make ordinary citizens to pay for consumed electricity in time when even public officials and entrepreneurs are looking lacunas in regulations in order to avoid payments. “There is information that one of such debtors is Sabyrbek Moldokulov, Chief of Audit Chamber. He owes distribution company 141K soms. One influential businessman Moldogaziev who was head of Moskovky district owes 26.9K soms, but it is impossible to make him pay as General Prosecutor’s Office representatives call us and ask not to cut him. State-owned enterprise employee Sulaymanov also has debt in 29.3K soms,” explained Saparbek Argymbaev.

He noted that GKNB officers and deputies of Parliament also in the debt list.