Media Review October 17, 2018

The development of the country's economy, the facts of corruption, and the causes of the landslide on Badamdar are the topics of today's media.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about sustainable development and fundamental stability against the backdrop of the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on October 9. The author quotes from the speech of Aliyev, who called 2018 a successful year for the country, since all the tasks set at the beginning of the year have been fulfilled.

GDP grew by 0.8%, non-oil sector - by 1%, industrial production - by 2%, and non-oil industry - by 10.8%. Incomes of the population 3.6 times exceeded inflation. 9 billion dollars was invested in the country's economy.

The newspaper Yeni Musavat writes about the lack of independence of the Accounts Chamber against the background of two recent facts - the arrest of the head of the PA Baki Lifatmir Gudrat Shukurov and the former head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan Jahangir Hajiyev.

The Chamber of Accounts was granted additional powers in order to effectively combat corruption. Official control over state funds is doubled, but there is absolutely no public control, the article says.

The website Qafqazinfo.az writes about houses in the landslide zone in the village of Badamdar. The article states that all owners of these houses have documents, and they are in order. No house was illegally built on this territory. However, there is no sewer system. In 2013, there was also a landslide, but no action was taken.

At one time there were dug wells for pumping groundwater, but no one pays for electricity for the motors pumping water. For this reason, the pumps are turned off and the groundwater accumulates.

Perhaps this also caused a landslide, the article says.--0--