Tashkent city mayor Shavkat Umurzakov has signed a decree ordering an official service investigation into the governors of 10 out of 12 districts of the capital. The decree, signed on August 3, aims to ensure transparency in city governance and strengthen legality.
The investigation covers the heads of Bektemir (Nurilla Abdurakhmanov), Mirobod (Anvar Sayfiddinov), Mirzo Ulugbek (Bakhodir Goibnazarov), Almazar (Kudratilla Tulanov), Sergeli (Davron Ismatov), Uchtepa (Bunyod Mamadjanov), Chilanzar (Saidkakhkhor Kholkhodjaev), Shaykhantakhur (Bobur Abubakirov), Yunusabad (Abrorhodja Saidaliyev), and Yashnabad (Bakhtiyor Rakhmonkulov) districts.
The basis for the investigation is a submission from the Anti-Corruption Agency dated July 22. It alleges that when district governors' decisions and orders were published on the E-Qaror electronic system, access to them may have been unjustifiably restricted. This could violate citizens' rights to review legal documents and create corruption risks.
A city commission has been established to conduct the investigation, headed by Shukhrat Turdikulov, head of the compliance and internal anti-corruption control service of the Tashkent city administration. The commission includes the head of the mayor's office apparatus, the head of the organizational and personnel group, the head of the legal department, and a representative of the appeals department. They are tasked with conducting an “objective and high-quality” investigation and formalizing conclusions based on its results.
The commission may involve specialists from other organizations and agencies if necessary. Control over the execution of the decree has been assigned to Mirmuhammad Mirhamidov, deputy mayor of Tashkent for compliance and internal anti-corruption control.
According to data, in the first half of the year, local administrations in Uzbekistan hid 24,200 adopted documents from the public — 28.5% of the total. Among them are 692 decisions on allocating 1.5 trillion soums (about $125 million), which do not contain legally protected information. More than half of the funds were directed to construction. These facts raise the issue of adherence to transparency principles in public administration.
Requests have been sent to the Tashkent city administration and the Anti-Corruption Agency regarding the content of the submission that prompted the investigation. The results of the probe and possible measures will be known in the coming days.
Source: www.gazeta.uz