Press Review 01/25/16

The official newspaper Azerbaijan writes that the duplication of government agencies has led to the growth of budget expenditures, as well as interfered with efficiency. Therefore, parallel structures should be eliminated.

Azadlig writes that the head of the SOCAR capital investment department Giymet Mehdiyev bought 16 villas totaling 20 million USD and a plot of land of 1.5 hectares in Turkey. The columnist wonders why ordinary citizens have to pay 20% when taking more than 50,000 dollars out of the country, while the SOCAR employee safely took 20 million USD abroad.

Last week Azerishyg dismissed 4,000 people. According to a member of the Coordination Center of the National Council Eldaniz Guliyev, in the present difficult economic situation it is wrong to dismiss so many people, because some of them may join the ISIS or the Nursi movement.

Last week Azerbaijan was abandoned by three foreign companies. The current economic situation and the uncertainty are forcing market participants to move away from the economy, the expert Mohammed Talibli says.

Yeni Musavat says that official Baku will be located in the crossfire coming from the discussion of Azerbaijan at the PACE winter session and the bill of the US Congress "Act of democracy in Azerbaijan."

MP Fazil Mustafa says that citizens should pay their loans at the old rate. He believes that officials are guilty of the confrontation between citizens and the government.

The economist Gubad Ibadoglu believes that one of the ways out of the crisis is the use of the Kazakh model.