Saakashvili dismisses 20 officials in Odessa region

The chief of the Odessa regional state administration, Mikhail Saakashvili, gave an order to fire all employees of the departments of internal audit and cooperation with law enforcement agencies, and of the prevention of and struggle with corruption. Such a decision he made after having heard performance reports by the heads of these two agencies.

"You are being dismissed for doing nothing at all. People are complaining about bribers and extortions, and you say everything is fine, nobody has been punished. We will rely on the public, we will find experienced auditors, accountants and other specialists, who will be addressing these issues instead of the negligent bureaucrats," TASS cited Saakashvili as saying.

He also promised that he will find the sources of funds to pay public activists for their efforts and grant them appropriate powers.