Astana, 12 November. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will hold an operational meeting of the Security Council on 13 November on the development of the transport and logistics sector, at which he will set out the state’s principled position on the detention of the heads of Samruk-Kazyna and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy on suspicion of a corruption offence, Akorda said.
The Head of State, the announcement says, will pay particular attention to observance of the principle of “Law and Order”, the personal responsibility of the heads of national companies and ensuring legality and transparency in the work of strategically important enterprises. The meeting was announced on the evening of 12 November, the day the KNB announced the detention of the chairmen of the boards of the fund and KTZ and the fund said it was operating as normal.
The topic of the meeting is the transport and logistics sector, not only the detention case: KTZ is one of the largest national companies. Akorda’s announcement says nothing about who will take part, whether the President’s address will be public, or what decisions will follow.
Earlier we also wrote about how the KNB announced the detention of the heads of Samruk-Kazyna and KTZ.
What it means: The state intends to speak on the case at the highest level: the Security Council meeting is set for the day after the detentions, and the agenda names the personal responsibility of national-company heads and the transparency of strategic enterprises. The President’s position has not yet been set out and cannot be judged from the announcement.
What we know now: Known: the date (13 November), the format (an operational meeting of the Security Council), the topic (the transport and logistics sector) and that the President will set out the state’s principled position and draw attention to “Law and Order”, leaders’ personal responsibility and transparency. Unknown: who will take part, whether the address will be public, what decisions and personnel measures will follow, and who is temporarily heading the fund and KTZ.
Background: The KNB said on 12 November at 11:52 that its Anti-Corruption Service had detained the chairmen of the boards of the fund and KTZ and other persons suspected of a corruption offence on 11 November; the committee did not name an amount or an article.
