Information on the results of the first half of 2015
In the first half of the current year, the prosecutor's offices of the region received almost 3,700 appeals, of which more than 2,100 were considered directly by prosecutors, with 182 applications being granted.
An increase in the number of citizens' complaints regarding violations of housing legislation is noted, usually related to the assessment of housing costs during privatization. Applications disagreeing with administrative liability and concerning labor issues, including non-payment of wages, benefits, and delayed settlements upon dismissal, remain relevant, indicating the existence of problematic issues in certain spheres of public life and requiring increased attention and control from state bodies, including local authorities.
Where grounds exist, the prosecutor's office took the necessary measures to restore citizens' violated rights.
For example, a young woman appealed to the prosecutor's office of Novopolotsk regarding the non-payment of her child-rearing allowance and salary by OOO "Fabrika EkoDrevMebe". During the inspection, the applicant's claims were confirmed. Based on the review of the complaint, an official warning was issued to the company director.
warning on the inadmissibility of labor law violations, an order to eliminate the identified violations. A directive has been sent to the Polotsk Inter-district Labor Inspectorate to prepare a case on an administrative offense under Article 9.19 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus, and the enterprise director has been brought to administrative responsibility. According to the report of OOO "Fabrika EkoDrevMebe", the salary and benefits were paid to the employee in full.Prosecution officials actively conduct personal receptions of citizens. During the reporting period, they received 3326 visitors, including at their place of residence and work - 553 people, 69 - arrested individuals, and 167 - those serving sentences.
For example, the leadership of the regional prosecutor's office traveled to a number of districts of Vitebsk region for this purpose, where they received citizens at their place of work and residence: at OAO "Vitebsky Myasokombinat", OAO "Vityaz", in the 19th Separate Mechanized Brigade, Sorochinsky Rural Council in Ushachi District, SZhOK of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, MTF "Lyady" of Dubrovno District, Ostrovensky Rural Council of Beshenkovichi District, OAO "Verkhnedvinsky Maslosyrzavod", RUP ZhKH "Dokshitsy-kommunalnik", Disna City Executive Committee, LTP No. 9 of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for Vitebsk Region, and others.
In order to comprehensively solve the problems faced by people, the regional prosecutor D. G.I. together with the Chairman of the State Control Committee of Vitebsk Region Zaryankin V.V. held a direct line and received citizens at OAO "Dolomit", and with the Head of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for Vitebsk Region, Shalukhin V.V. - in Mezhan Rural Council
сельском Совете в Браславском районе.Regarding work with public appeals at enterprises and organizations of the region, formalism and violations of citizens' rights are still present, which is confirmed by the results of prosecutor's inspections, including within the system of the Vitebsk Meat and Dairy Products Concern, Vitebskmeliorvodkhoz, the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, and others.
In the first half of 2015, the prosecutor's offices of the region conducted 43 inspections of compliance with legislation on citizens' and legal entities' appeals. Following these inspections, 45 submissions were made, 9 orders were issued, 16 official warnings were announced, 40 officials were brought to disciplinary responsibility, and 6 to administrative responsibility.
For example, at KUP Vitebskmeliorvodkhoz, violations of deadlines for considering appeals from citizens and legal entities are common. Thus, when considering the appeal of Sh. dated 02.02.2015 regarding the provision of a room in an apartment in the urban-type settlement of Andronovichi, the leading legal counsel of the enterprise responded to the applicant only on 30.03.2015, i.e., with a violation of the one-month period established by law. The specified period was not extended in the prescribed manner, and the applicant was not notified of the reasons for its exceeding. By the resolution of the Deputy Head of the Department for Supervision of Legislation Enforcement and Legality of Legal Acts, O.I. Lapkovskaya, the responsible official was brought to administrative responsibility under Article 9.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus in the form of a fine of 4 basic units (720,000 rubles).
A similar penalty was imposed on the Deputy General Director of OJSC Orshansky
"Raiagorservice" on legal and ideological issues, to which the citizen V.'s appeal regarding the restoration of the well and repair of the pump was not answered in a timely manner. In addition, the prosecutor of the Orsha district issued a directive to the general director of the company to eliminate violations of the law, after which the applicant received a response to the appeal more than five months later.The targeted work to protect the rights and legitimate interests of citizens by the prosecutor's offices of the Vitebsk region will be continued in the future.