Ilham Aliyev: government officials will not be able to withdraw their relatives from the responsibility

According to preliminary version, the cause of the fire in the 16-storey residential building at Azadlig Avenue in Baku is substandard facing of house, which was not fireproof, stated President Ilham Aliyev at a meeting of the state commission to investigate the causes of the fire that killed 15 people.

The head of state instructed the Emergency Situations Ministry and the Mayor's Office to make an examination of buildings, lined with similar materials in the case of the establishment of poor quality, to dismantle forthwith the cover.

Aliyev gave instructions to provide financial assistance to the families of the dead and wounded, quickly renovate the building, to provide apartments on household items, to restore fire the documents destroyed by fire. Aliyev also touched on the recent detention of representatives of big business.

According to him, the businessmen were arrested on charges of embezzlement of state property.

At the same time, he pointed out that these crimes are committed by family members of high-ranking officials, and then try to evade responsibility. For example, some state officials are trying to take away from the responsibility of their relatives, he said. However, the head of state assured that no one, not one senior official will escape justice. "We have to be responsible. If you have committed a crime, then go and serve punishment," said Aliev.-06D-

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