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Government proposes to tighten responsibility for child abuse

The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev instructed to strengthen measures to prevent abuse and violence against children. Press service of the government reported.

The Prime Minister believes that it is necessary to develop a unified approach to solving this problem. He noted that first of all, it was necessary to raise awareness of the population on the issues of strengthening and development of the family institution, preserving spiritual and moral traditions and ensuring the protection of the rights and interests of children.

«We need to strengthen prevention, respond promptly to the facts. It is necessary to toughen criminal responsibility not only for committing such crimes, but also for inaction and irresponsible attitude on the part of the staff of the competent authorities, including law enforcement ones,» stressed Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev.

The principle of inevitability of punishment in such cases should work clearly and firmly.

Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev

The Prime Minister instructed to resume the work of the district headquarters on prevention of abuse and violence against children and the mayors of cities and the heads of district state administrations — to head them personally.

«It is necessary to immediately resume the household visits in order to form a database of children who are brought up in the absence of their parents. It is necessary for state bodies, representatives of local authorities to work more efficiently. Social services and representatives of local authorities should regularly inquire about the condition of such children, because they are often subjected to violence,» he stressed.

Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev urged the public to be more attentive to the problem.

«Citizens should be more vigilant towards the people around us — neighbors and families, where children are brought up by close relatives, children who go to schools and kindergartens with your children. At the first warning signs, everyone should immediately inform the relevant services, including through the twenty-four-hour helpline 111,» the head of government said.

One should not be indifferent and turn a blind eye to the arbitrariness of adults, which is happening today in the neighboring houses or apartments.

Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev

«Only by joint efforts we can deal with this terrible tendency and protect our children from injury, and sometimes even save their lives. Children should always be under the protection of the state and society. The issue of the safety of our children concerns everyone without exception,» the Prime Minister stressed.

The head of the Cabinet entrusted the plenipotentiary representatives of the government in the regions and the heads of district administrations with personal responsibility for the implementation of these measures to protect children from violence, and also instructed law enforcement agencies to ensure thorough investigation of the latest facts of violence against children and bring the perpetrators to justice to the fullest extent of the law.

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