8 buses have driven the personnel of Lviv Oblast State Administration (Lviv OSA) to Turka city to prepare the Boiky festival.
During his visiting meeting in the rayon center of Lviv oblast - the city of Turka, the Head of Lviv OSA Mykhailo Kostiuk informed the people about his intention to organize joint works. The V Boiky festival that are being prepared now in the city is planned to be financed from the state budget with 42.641 mln. UAH.
Nevertheless, Mykhailo Kostiuk is unsatisfied with the level of preparation to the festival, and now the staff oblast state administration have to take care of all arrangements in the city. The personnel of Turkiv rayon state administration will join those public servants who come by those eight buses.
The Civil Network OPORA thinks that helping to solve administrative issues of the Turkiv city is a very good intention, but it shouldn't be implemented by regular employees of Lviv OSA. Besides that, in view of the upcoming parliamentary elections such actions may be considered as using administrative resource to increase the authority of the power and to prepare the personnel for performing tasks that do not belong to their primary responsibilities.
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