"Another imitation"

On July 13, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the reduction in the number of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs by 110 thousand people. The ministry assures that this will affect only managerial structures and private security

The presidential decree establishes the maximum number of employees of the internal affairs bodies of 1,003 172 people. Of these, directly employees of the internal affairs bodies are 835,825 people, civilian federal employees (not employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but falling into the category of civil servants - approx . NT ) - 5,123 people, workers (civilian employees who do not fall under the category of civil servants - approx . NT ) - 162 224 people. The document makes amendments to the Presidential Decree of May 5, 2014. It recorded the maximum staffing of 1,113 172 people - thus, it is planned to reduce about 110 thousand employees.

The document does not indicate who exactly will be reduced, however, as follows from the official message of the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, first of all, it will affect “managerial structures from the regional level and higher”. Ex-police, human rights activist Roman Khabarov is sure that it is premature to talk about exactly where the reductions will take place. “Apparently, the liquidation of city departments will be included here, which was known in May (now the structure of the branches corresponds to the structure of local authorities - the intracity district departments are accountable to city; previously, the district branches were directly subordinate to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the region - approx . NT ). The center of work will be transferred again to the areas. It rarely happens to affect only working in managerial structures of the regional level. But so far we will not see the exact numbers indicating in which unit what level of employees will reduce, we cannot be sure. The Ministry of Internal Affairs during the certification and abbreviations in the framework of the 2011 reform also said that leading units would be reduced. In fact, a criminal investigation department, precinct, PPS, traffic police working directly with citizens were reduced. ” At the same time, the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs says: “Comprehensive measures will be taken to maintain the standard integrity of services and units that work directly with the population.” It is necessary to wait for managerial decisions - in particular, the order of the minister, Khabarov emphasizes. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be able to control the course of local reductions, so this will be given to local chiefs. “Here other mechanisms enter into actions - the laws of nature, the rules of bureaucracy.”

Reductions will also take place at the expense of the so -called non -membrane (free vacancies - approx . NT ). “Among the precincts of the Voronezh region is about 30% of the non -commercial. As you know, this is just a fixation of the current position, ”Khabarov explains. And the private security, according to the ex-policeman, must be in principle eliminated. “This is the private protection of the enterprise working at the state expense. The state should not protect for money. "

The coordinator of the United Public Surveillance Group (light) Alexander Druk emphasizes that the reduction is effective only if the police are re -certified. However, this is not a panacea, he reminds. “When there was a reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and so pleased many employees, they also underwent re -certification. But if we talk with former employees, they said that they bought re -certification. ” The human rights activist agrees with Roman Khabarov that it is too early to talk about the degree of change in the power apparatus after reduction. “In order for this to be normally perceived by both the police themselves and society, this process should be as open as possible. It is necessary to clarify how the staff reduction will be held and in what conditions. ”

The representative of the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Tsirulnikov refused to comment on the situation, referring to an official message. Khabarov is sure that “10% is a figure that does not mean anything. The Ministry of Internal Affairs needs this reform, the elimination of entire units, and holistic reformatting. And this is another imitation. ”