A presidential aspirant of South Ossetia, a former KGB chairman Leonid Tibilov has passed today an exam in revealing qualifications of the official languages. As reported to IA "Res" by the CEC secretary of South Ossetia, Irina Gassieva, Tibilov wrote a dictation in Russian and Ossetian, and then addressed the commission on the topic "Problems of Development of Education and Science in your election platform.
"The linguistic commission gave him a pass; thereby Tibilov passed an examination in revealing the skills of the state languages. It was noted by the linguistic commission that the applicant is fluent in Russian and Ossetian." We need an educated president, politically active and worthy. Leonid Tibilov meets all requirements,"- a member of the commission has underlined. In turn, Tibilov noted that he had passed his educational way from a simple teacher to a school principal, and this topic is close to him. "The Republic suffered serious damage during the Georgian aggression and we should build and rehabilitate, create conditions for children, so they could get a decent education," - he said. Tibilov has noted that he fully supports the decision of the CEC to conduct an examination.
"The man who will hold this position must possess the official languages. We have two of them. Russian for me has always been a second mother tongue, it is now the official language in our country and we should be at the highest levels,"- Tibilov has concluded. The decision on his registration as a candidate for the presidency and inclusion in the ballot of elections on March 25 will depend on the conclusion of handwriting experts, who are now validating the 500 signatures in his support, on the test results of the submitted tax returns and income statement.
The final list of registered candidates eligible to participate in presidential elections will be published by the CEC on February 29.
Re-election of the president of South Ossetia, according to decision of Parliament, will be held on March 25.
It should be reminded that yesterday the exam in revealing the skills of the official languages of South Ossetia was passed by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Yuri Dzitstsoity.
