Minister of Finances Ignored Parliamentary Invitation

The first after the summer vacations parliamentary session stopped short after the minister of finances did not come on the deputies' invitation to speak on the government work at the new republican budget. The deputies were indignant at this attitude to the legislative power. Deputy Kaadyr-ool Bicheldey said that we are eager to cooperate with the Government but it should be a two parties movement. Such a behaviour of the high governmental official which was evidently not possible without having been approved of by the Prime-Minister, showed again a strong opposition of the two branches of power in Tuva. Deputies' critical attitude to the decisions and actions of the executive power echoed in this way, which is, in many deputies' opinion, is unprecedented. They say that they will keep criticising the government only when it deserves to be, and they do not want to be an obedient affiliate of the executive power.