In response to the energy crisis unfolding against the backdrop of historically low temperatures, President Shavkat Mirzioev dismissed several politicians and senior officials from their posts.
It’s winter cleaning in Uzbekistan. The Uzbek president notably “ fired the mayor of Tashkent, the capital, where the mercury recently fell close to -20 degrees. In a video, Chavkat Mirzioev accuses him of having badly prepared the city for winter, ” his false reports »and ” to have one’s feet on the ground “. District mayors, the vice-minister of energy and the head of thermal power plants share the same fate.
The Head of State criticizes the passage of governors and puts several leaders of energy companies on probation. Chavkat Mirzioev accuses them of not having fought against the ” corruption ” and the ” plunder “. Before these dismissals, several leaders have also been arrested in recent weeks.
Uzbekistan is experiencing a paradoxical situation. With an annual production of more than 50 billion cubic meters, the country is one of the world’s leading gas producers.
However, this former Soviet republic is regularly confronted with power and heating cuts. To cope, Tashkent had to sign an import deal with neighboring Turkmenistan last month.