Press Review 01/28/16

Mergers and liquidation of banks, as well as violations of human rights are the leading themes of independent and opposition press today.

Official newspapers report about the meetings and orders of President Ilham Aliyev, and the appointment of ambassadors.

Azadlig writes on the topic of the closure of banks and the emergence of a new wave of unemployed financiers and bank employees.

The expert Samir Aliyev considers unrealistic the idea of ​​the government to buy dollars from the population through the issue of government bonds.

The judge Muzaffar Bakhishov believes that last year the tax office illegally collected taxes of 907 million AZN from businessmen of the country. If the country had a normal judicial system, the money could be sued back, he said.

Express writes that depositors of six closed banks will be granted compensation totaling 70 million manats.

A columnist of Echo notes that the authorities have to share the burden of dollar loans with the population, but they would not.

Bizim Yol also covers the topic of bad loans, citing experts that the government would not compensate for debts on 30 thousand bad loans. Against this backdrop, the number of suicides of bank debtors is growing, which indicates a deep depression in the population.

Yeni Musavat publishes the opinion of MP Ali Masimov, who considers a government reform as a prerequisite for overcoming the crisis and turning the government into a mobile body.  –0--