Khinshtein decided to dismiss officials with a criminal record
In the Kursk region, on behalf of the acting governor Alexander Khinshtein, a list of more than 70 officials who had previously been exempted from criminal liability or extinguished the criminal record was prepared. The head of the region believes that such people should not work in power, even if they do not have formal restrictions for this. Mr. Khinshtein explained “Kommersant” that he could observe “purity of the rows” by dismissal of confidence in confidence, although most of the defendants in the list, according to his conviction, will resign voluntarily.
The administration of the Governor of the Kursk Region and the regional security committee, on behalf of Alexander Khinshtein, prepared a list of more than 70 employees of local authorities and subordinate institutions that had previously extinguished the criminal record or exempted from criminal liability on non -rehabilitating grounds. At a meeting of the government on May 12, the acting governor did not list all his defendants, but drew attention to the compositions that he had reversed, including fraud, receiving bribes and even robbery.
According to Mr. Khinshtein, officials who committed intentional corruption crimes should not work in the authorities, even if formal restrictions on this are not provided for by the law: “We need the power to be transparent and clean. And for this, those people who at least cannot cause suspicion should work in it. Because if a person, for example, was judged several times for theft, how can he work in a system of power, albeit in local self -government? ” The acting governor emphasized that he does not introduce a ban on the profession, but “makes additional requirements for the purity of the ranks”: “This is all the more relevant in the region in which the former governor and government of the government are in another place (the ex-head of the region, Alexei Smirnov and his former deputy Alexei Dedov, were arrested in the construction of the defense line on the border with the construction of the defense line. Ukraine. – « Kommersant ») « .
At a meeting in the government, Alexander Khinshtein promised to bring the prepared list to his deputies and heads of districts for the adoption of “relevant measures”. How exactly they will seek the dismissal of the defendants, he did not explain.
However, the mechanisms exist for this, Mr. Hinshtein assured Kommersant: “There is a form of dismissal in the loss of confidence, and it does not require any justification. But I think that in cases like Kursk, most people will consider it possible to leave on their own as soon as such a recommendation is made. ”
The acting governor emphasized that we are not talking about “cleaning” and in each case the approach will be individual, since several participants in the list committed crimes “by negligence”.
Dmitry Gorbunov recalls the partner of Rustam Kurmayev and partners that the Federal Law “On State Civil Service” prohibits the posts to persons with inconsistent or unexplored criminal record, but citizens who are exempted from criminal liability or extinguished criminal record, in the absence of a ban on holding certain positions, can work in the structures of the authorities. “So any dismissal, due to the presence of repaid criminal record, in such a situation will be with an extremely high degree of probability by a violation of the law and the rights of the dismissed person in case of applying to the court guaranteed by the Constitution,” the lawyer adds. According to him, this may lead to not only the obligation to restore the dismissed, but also the risk of attracting the employer to disciplinary and administrative responsibility.
Political scientist Vladimir Slavinov believes that Alexander Khinshtein prompted the struggle for the “purity of the ranks” by the recent story with the appointment of and. O. Director of the regional employment center of the former mayor of Shchigrov Pavel Moiseev, who was released three years ago from criminal liability for abuse of powers due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
“Hinstein’s political motivation is clear: he wants to look like a consistent fighter with corruption in local elites and excludes various schemes for coming to people’s authorities with a dubious reputation. The fact that such a tool is legally doubtful, I think he himself is well aware of, therefore, he is stipulated about the non -rehabilitating grounds for the closure of the affairs of some employees and the possibilities of their independent care, ”says Mr. Slavinov.
In his opinion, in the situation in the situation, the initiative of Mr. Khinshtein will use public support and is unlikely to find opponents among the employees of the regulatory authorities and the citizens themselves who fall under such a defeat in rights. However, as the situation stabilizes the situation, those who try to appeal to the letter of the law may arise.
