Minister of national security of Turkmenistan Yaylym Berdiyev dismissed from his post by presidential decree

Chronicles Of Turkmenistan

Minister of national security of Turkmenistan Yaylym Berdiyev dismissed from his post by presidential decree. It is reported by the Turkmen service of radio “Liberty” radio “Azatlyk”. Shortly before the resignation of the officer was demoted in rank from General to Colonel to major General. According to the newspaper, the country is preparing for the resignation of senior security officials.

The Ministry of national security of Turkmenistan – the successor to the Republican KGB. The decree of the President about dismissal Berdiev was read on Tuesday evening, the state television. According to the report, the head of counterintelligence was dismissed in connection with transition to other work. But she was not named.

On January 22 the meeting of the security Council of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov declared strict reprimand Berdieva “with the last warning for the improper performance of their duties and committed in the work of the shortcomings.” Then the Colonel-General was demoted and removed from the Board. A similar reprimand in the day received the Minister of defense Begench Gundogdiev.

Radio sources say that in the near future their positions will lose a few of the heads of law enforcement agencies, including Gundogdiev. They attribute this to is scheduled for 2020 constitutional reform in the country. It involves the creation of the state of the bicameral Parliament.

October 1, 2019 in Turkmenistan was indicative dismissed the Minister of internal Affairs Iskander Mulikov. The President removed him from the meeting of the government, was demoted in rank and stripped of all state awards. In December it became known about his arrest. Later the former Minister aired the state of the channel with a shaved head. He said on the air about his involvement in corruption and apologized with tears in his eyes before the people. Mulikova was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

According to a source, the 44-year-old Mulikov paid for close contact with influential businessman Enchantment Kulov, who “MIS-behaved” in a time when in July 2019 President Berdimuhamedov suddenly disappeared for a long time, thus giving the reason for the rumors about his death.