Kambolov has taken office as president of South Ossetia
Marat Kambolov, who won the early elections for the head of South Ossetia on September 18, has taken office as president. In this regard, the government has resigned.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", Marat Kambolov, who won the presidential elections in South Ossetia, must address the issues of mass youth outflow, acute shortage of jobs, high dependence of employment on the state, and the continuing rise in the cost of customs clearance for cars, according to the residents of the republic.
During the election campaign, Marat Kambolov made a number of promises to address social and infrastructure issues. Thus, on September 1, he stated that the price of social bread would not increase. On September 5, after meeting with residents of the villages of Orchosan and Tsinaqar, Kambolov instructed to determine the ways and deadlines for solving problems with gas supply, water quality, roads, agricultural machinery, wage arrears, and transportation, while it was promised that the Tiriponsky canal would be cleaned to improve water supply by the end of October. On September 7, Kambolov named the priority tasks as increasing salaries, addressing social issues, developing healthcare, pension provision, and agriculture. On September 15, he presented an election program that includes creating jobs, supporting small and medium-sized businesses, developing medicine, education, agriculture, tourism, and infrastructure, and on September 17, he promised to increase the salaries of employees of the state enterprise "Energoresurs" within a year, with an overall salary increase of up to 60 percent.
The inauguration took place at the State Drama Theater in Tskhinval. Opening the solemn ceremony, the chairwoman of the Central Election Commission, Emilia Gagieva, congratulated Kambolov on his victory in the presidential elections of the Republic of South Ossetia and presented him with the presidential certificate, TASS reports.
More than 500 guests were invited to the inauguration ceremony of the president of South Ossetia, including representative delegations from Russia, Abkhazia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. All former presidents of South Ossetia - Ludwig Chibirov, Eduard Kokoity, Leonid Tibilov, Anatoly Bibilov, and Alan Gagloev - were also present at the inauguration.
The government of South Ossetia resigned before Marat Kambolov, who took office as president on Wednesday. The decision was made in accordance with Article 75 of the Constitution of South Ossetia and Article 35 of the Constitutional Law "On the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia," the government press service reported.
"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan stated about the non-recognition of the results of the presidential elections in South Ossetia, supporting the territorial integrity of Georgia.
Translated automatically via OpenAI from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/427082
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