President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov explained at a meeting of Parliament why he dismissed former chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Japarov.
According to him, this was done to avoid a conflict of interest during the consideration of the criminal case against the management and employees of the Tax Service.
«We were very upset by the negative manifestations in the tax system. Frauds related to excise stamps were revealed. This industry was under the control of Akylbek Usenbekovich, accordingly, it was possible to stop illegal actions. I was forced to remove him from office due to the criminal case under investigation against the management of the State Tax Service in order to eliminate the conflict of interest,» Sadyr Japarov said.
Akylbek Japarov resigned from the post of Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers on December 16. He had held the post for three years and two months.
Mass detentions of tax officials from all four district departments of the capital took place in Bishkek on December 3, 2024. The State Committee for National Security, together with Alpha servicemen, conducted searches, after which four heads of departments and about 30 ordinary employees were taken in for questioning. Later, the State Committee named the reasons for the searches and the initials of the detainees.
Speaking in Parliament, the SCNS Chairman Kamchybek Tashiev told that tax officials had created a corruption scheme related to electronic consignment notes, which caused damage to the country’s budget in the amount of 3.2 billion soms. At the same time, he noted that the detention of senior managers of the Tax Service was also possible.
The Chairman of the State Tax Service Altynbek Abduvapov and his deputy Islambek Kydyrgychev were detained on December 6 after questioning at the SCNS.
