A round table on the topic "Message of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia and the priorities of the state-building: The estimates and conclusions" was held in the capital of South Ossetia. The event was organized by the State Committee of Information and Press of South Ossetia.
The roundtable was chaired by the head of the State Committee of Information and Press Vyacheslav Gobozov, who noted that the message of the President of the Republic to the parliament and to the people of South Ossetia, delivered on April 30, was a very remarkable and significant event.
"The fact of the announcement of this Message may be considered as the important message to the society, saying that the new government, unlike the previous, is not going to ignore the law," - said Gobozov.
According to him, Leonid Tibilov became the leader of South Ossetia when the Republic was in an acute political crisis, when the authorities and the society were disorganized.
"In these circumstances, the top priority tasks for the newly elected head of state were: to ensure political stability by overcoming the negative effects of the split and forming a new mechanism of cooperation with Russian Federation, which would exclude the so-called "corruption component "and to provide the most efficient use of funds, allocated by Russia for the restoration and development of the Republic of South Ossetia. Both of these tasks are accomplished at this stage quite successfully, "- said Gobozov.
First, he said, was formed the "coalition government."
"In my opinion, this is not the correct wording. But this government, one way or another, has included representatives of almost all political forces, ensuring stabilization of the political situation ", - said Gobozov.
A new mechanism of cooperation with Russia in the economic and financial sphere, in his opinion, also brought the results - in South Ossetia have not recently taken place any major corruption scandals.
"This is a major achievement. Without stability is almost impossible to ensure the normal recovery process. And this is the achievement of the president, "- said the Chairman of the State Committee.
The roundtable participants have noted that the harsh criticism of the government sounded in the Message is quite reasonable.
"The Government needs to show the results already this year - the restoration of the Republic will not last forever," - said the head of the State Committee.
According to the chairman of the political council of the party "Unity" Zurab Kokoev, the criticism of the government expressed by the head of state is caused by serious flaws of the officials.
"Sometimes the president has to do the work of the government himself. So I think that the criticisms of the government expressed by the president is quite reasonable, "- said Kokoev.
In turn, the chairman of a political party "United Ossetia" Anatoly Bibilov said that he considered improper the wording "coalition government" with respect to the current Cabinet.
"It would be better to call it ''the government of reconciliation.'' In any case, therefore, the president has provided political stability in our society, "- said Bibilov.
During the roundtable, it was noted that a significant part of the Message was devoted to relations between the civil society and the government, information policy and state ideology, which was of great importance in achieving stability and social harmony.
"Unfortunately, to date, the institutions of civil society do not actually have any support of the state," - said the director of the NGO "Agency of socio-economic and cultural development of South Ossetia," Dina Alborova.
Chairman of the Communist Party of South Ossetia, Speaker of the South Ossetian Parliament Stanislav Kochiev, has emphasized, that Leonid Tibilov in his first year of ruling, fulfilled his constitutional duty, delivering a message to the people and to the parliament of the Republic.
"The Message contains not only the aspects of the future development of the Republic, but also the report on the work done," - said Kochiev.
In his view, progress has been reached in solving internal problems; in particular, the legislature has more power and achieved a mutual understanding with the executive power.
"In the past, everything was under complete control of one branch of the government - the executive power. Under its control were both the docile parliament and the judiciary, which should be strictly independent. We are all aware of the results of this lawlessness. Today, the new leadership is learning from the mistakes of the previous government and we all have to support it, "- said the speaker.
At the conclusion of the roundtable the head of the Media Center "Ir" Irina Gagloeva has expressed the hope that the issues included in the President`s Message, will be implemented.
"We`ll see the result if the message is not underneath the cloth, like many other very good initiatives" - said Gagloeva.
She added, that one could observe the trend of self-criticism in the Message, that "it very important."
"Self-criticism is the evidence of the vision of the problems, giving hope that the leadership of the Republic will attempt to change the situation for the better."
The head of the Media Center expressed her approval for the president's intention to preserve and strengthen the national armed forces.
The roundtable participants have expressed concern about the insufficient efforts to deepen the integration of the North and South Ossetia. According to the participants, this aspect was to have been reflected better in the President`s Message.
The round table was also attended by the invited leaders of the political parties, the media, community leaders and the government representatives. However, as noted in course of the discussion, not all the guests had found it necessary to take part in the event.
