The ministry is silent, the director does not want to talk

The final result of the inspections is not disclosed to the public

By the end of 2022, the former Minister of Culture Pomegranate By order of Karimov, in the name of Abdulla Shaig Azerbaijan Inspections have begun at the State Puppet Theater.

According to the information of the ministry, a commission was established to conduct an official investigation based on complaints about the defects in the theater, and the public will be informed about its results. will be given.

After that, director Saida Hagverdiyeva, head of the “Oyug” theater-studio, which operates under the theater, announced the start of inspections by the ministry in an interview she gave to “Gaynarinfo” on November 14, 2022. linked.

In that interview, the director said that when Elnur Aliyev was the first deputy minister of culture, he asked the director of the theater, Rashad Ahmadzade, to increase the price of tickets. offer did.

Rashad Ahmadzade’s proposal protest Elnur Aliyev did not like what he did. After that meeting, the annual plan forecast of the theater was increased by 50 percent.

In response to the claims of Saida Hagverdiyeva, the position of head of the Media and Communication Department of the Ministry of Culture execution Nurida Allahyarova stated in a statement to APA on November 22, 2022 that inspections at the Puppet Theater are conducted based on complaints received by the ministry about the theater, not based on the director’s interview.

Nurida Allahyarova also said in her statement that both verbal and written warnings were given to the management of the theater due to the received complaints. After that, to the inspections started.

Although inspections were said to have started on November 18, 2022, the theater management four days later news announced that he had caught

In her statement to Meydan TV, Saida Hagverdiyeva said that she learned about the inspections on November 22.

“Puppet Theater director Rashad Ahmadzade under no circumstances was he invited to the Ministry of Culture. He was given neither verbal nor written warning”, – Hagverdiyeva said.

It is debatable to what extent the claim that the inspections at the Puppet Theater were initiated precisely because of the opinions expressed by Saida Hagverdiyeva about Elnur Aliyev is debatable.

18 days before the inspection of the theater, that is, on November 1, during the operation conducted by the State Security Service (SSS) at the Ministry of Culture, Elnur Aliyev was kept.

On November 3, he was held responsible as an accused person.

Against him A crime He was charged with articles 179.4 (especially large amount embezzlement), 308 (abuse of official powers) of the Code. But about him for the investigation period imprisonment no, an alternative preventive measure was chosen. A mandatory restraining order has been issued against him not to go anywhere else.

On the same day, November 3 President Ilham Aliyev Elnur Aliyev from his position excluded.

Inspections at the Puppet Theater began on November 18, 2022.

On December 22, 2022 Ilham Aliyev He gave another instruction regarding the Ministry of Culture. By his order, the Minister of Culture Pomegranate Karimov’s powers are taken away received.

After the structural change in the Ministry, the public was not given any information about the results of inspections at the Puppet Theater.

On January 3, 2023, he became the head of the Media and Communication Department of the Ministry of Culture execution Nurida AllahyarovaFacebook“he wrote a status about it.
He said that inspections at the Puppet Theater has been suspended.

“It is not planned to carry out any re-inspection,” the official of the ministry said.

Even the Puppet Theater team participated in the event organized by the Ministry of Culture in connection with the New Year holiday in Agalı village of Zangila. did.

Former minister Pomegranate The public is not informed about the result of the inspections initiated by Karimov – its partial suspension or the final result.

When the inspections begin, the theater administration, which is open to the press, is silent for some reason.

A Meydan TV employee tried to learn the attitude of the director of the Puppet Theater, Rashad Ahmadzade, but the director of the theater reacted angrily to the issue.

He said that the ministry has already made a statement about it and he does not want to talk about it.

The press service of the Puppet Theater and director Saida Hagverdiyeva, head of the “Oyug” theater-studio operating under the theater, did not receive a call.

Meydan TV was told by the Ministry of Culture that information about the results of the inspections will be provided in the coming days.