NGO Coalition: Social Development Minister arrest revealed unprecedented corruption in issues of international adoption

NGO Coalition: Social Development Minister arrest revealed unprecedented corruption in issues of international adoption

01/08-2012 08:18, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency , by Julia KOSTENKO

Social Development Minister arrest revealed unprecedented corruption in issues of international adoption. Coalition of Civic Initiatives for Social Security System Reform (NGO Coalition) published official letter on it.

NGO representatives accuse deputies’ intrusion to police work. 24.kg news agency had reported earlier that Social Development Minister Ravshan Sabirov was released in accordance with Bishkek City Court decision after deputies’ guarantees.

According the official letter corrupted schemes exist and were built in regulations and decrees as regulation’s inactions on foreign adoption organizations’ accreditation. “Corrupted connections between public officials responsible for children’s adoption have been revealed recently. In such circumstances citizens and public bodies should help police in the international adoption investigation. Instead, deputies are interfering to the investigation, influence on sentences and almost “replace” court’s decisions,” explained the Coalition members.

The NGO activists urge deputies to concentrate efforts on their constitutional duties which are limited by laws’ development and parliamentary control.