By Chingiz
There is a anecdote about the Kyrgyz nation. One when different nation appeared on the earth they began quarreling to get more land. God decided to distribute the earth himself. Every nation stood in line and God began giving out land. First the Russians got the largest one, because he came early to the queue. After him American, Canadian, Kazakh, Indian, Chinese, and all other nations got their share of land.
Meanwhile the Kyrgyz was sleeping and when he came to God for his part of the earth there wasn’t even one square meter. God didn’t know what to do and decided to give the Kyrgyz his own residence. This residence is Kyrgyzstan, place of paradise. Natural resources, unique lake Issyk-Kul, beautiful mountains with glaciers, and so forth. I can’t enumerate all the advantages.
About our positive sides. Our nation used to be hospitable, very kind, and friendly but after decay of the Soviet Union we suddenly got independence and it wasn’t expected. Our governors didn’t know what to do. I think our government made some mistakes.
In the beginning of the 1990s all properties of the Kyrgyz state were appraised cheaply and sold out. Now the state only has tax income. If income is so little, surely the economy will fail. It is certainly the outcome of incorrect governing. I think the first reason for the mistakes is bad education. And corruption is the reason for the bad education. This corruption exists everywhere in our Republic, from maternity hospital to the grave.
One example. On Sunday April 9th about one o’clock at night my friends and I were in the car. Suddenly another car, a Lexus X300 with furious speed came down and hit our car. I heard the loudest sound and our car spun around three times. We immediately got out of the car. Fortunately we weren’t hurt much. The ambulance and police came. The cause of the accident was because the driver of the Lexus X300 was drunk. He could hardly stand. I heard that he is an important man. Either he is a big business man or a member of government.
When the inspector came, a sober man was substituted for the drunk man. The inspector saw all of this, but he ignored it because they gave him a bribe. After when we were alone with the inspector I asked about this bribery and he answered that his salary is 3000 som [$75 a month] a little more or less. With this money he cannot support his family.
They think the base of corruption is the small salaries. But I don’t agree with them because even if the government increased salaries to $1000 our people wouldn’t stop the bribery. It is in our blood. To my mind, this disease has only one cure. It is discipline. Neither Akaev nor Bakiev have strong discipline. I heard that our Republic is in 12th place in having gold resources in the world. We can pay our debts to other countries with it.
We cannot change the situation by changing the presidential form of government to the parliamentary form or to a mix or even to absolute monarchy. In conclusion I want to say we need a chief with features honest, fair and strong disciplined.
9 comments:
Thanks for writing this - really interesting to see personal views on corruption from students in the country, and hear first-hand experiences. Keep up the good work with the blog!
I think whole concept of corruption initiated from the roots of tribalism... where in our country everyone is kin to everyone. If people prioritize their country before their kinship perhaps we would have less problem with it.
The university of St.Gallen, Switzerland, is representing Krygyzstan at the National Model United Nations Simulation Conference in New York. So right now, I was just doing some research. It's very interesting to read something out of the perspective of a native rather than the government's view. :-)
Keep it up, please!
Year 2007 Summer,
We were leaving Osh airport and were passing through the passport check. The customs officer said that I did not put a registration stamp from officials so I should pay money. I said Ok, where should I pay. She said you should pay to me. I said Ok give me the document that shows the amount. She said there is no document and then I realized that she was asking for her pocket. I asked How much. She said anything but do not show to other peaple that you are giving me money. I gave her 50 soms. She said that it is not enough. Then i gave her another 100 soms. After that she put a stamp and I passed the check. 150soms = 6 $
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Who is the unidentified "Kyrgyz Partner" in the Andash Gold Mine. There are rumours about Maxim Bakiev and/or Janish Bakiev having taken a 20% "facilitation fee".
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first time i read true words about kyrgyzstan.every one is corrupt.i dont know why kyrgyz people are very proudy?kyrgyz people think that they are most powerfull people whole over the world.i saw how much power they have?in moscow they dont raise your heads up.if you are strong then raise your heads up in moscow.police is especially corrupt.they always tease forniers.even girls are also corrupt.thanks changiz.you are a good person.i respect you.plz awake up.
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