Announces indications given in court for the former head of the civil service for the protection, development and restoration of cultural heritage at the Ministry of Culture Zakir Sultanov. According to the former official, he passed most of the money assigned to the ex-minister of Culture to Abulfaz Garayev. Zakir Sultanov repeatedly demanded to be delivered to the court and interrogate Abulfas Garayev, but the court rejected these petitions. Reports about it lent.az.
According to Sultanov’s testimony, he was appointed in 2006 at the proposal of Abulfaz Garayev. They personally familiar from 2005. Sultanov argues that, being in the post of chief, he only controlled the implementation of projects and did not interfere in the financial part. In December 2014, civil service was created for the protection, development and recovery of cultural heritage at the Ministry of Culture and Sultanov was appointed her head.
“in 2015-2020. A large number of tenders were held in the Ministry of Culture. On behalf of the minister, I organized so that the company won the company a familiar minister named Shamhal. By agreement with Shamhal, after the victory in the tender, he returned me 20 Percentage in the form of a rollback. In 2018, this amount was 900 thousand manat. On behalf of the Minister of Culture, 700 thousand manat, I handed it to him in the office desk, and 200 thousand left himself.
According to the construction contract, 533 thousand manat was obtained, and under the construction and repair of the culture house in the Tovuz district – 218 thousand manat under the construction contract. Of the total amount of 751 thousand manats 600 thousand I handed over to Abulfase Garayev in his office.
From the project to repair the house of culture in Masallla, we left 300 thousand manat, of which 240 thousand I handed over to the Minister. When repairing a house, Mirachmed Khan in Lankaran received 200 thousand manat, of which 160 thousand I handed over to the Minister. For five years, when repairing the tomb of “Allah-Allah” in Barda, 450 thousand manat was obtained, of which 360 thousand were transferred to the Minister.
From the construction of a new building associated with Azerbaijan, 255 thousand manat was obtained in Derbent, of which 200 thousand was given to Garayev. Another 60 thousand manat was transferred to the construction of a music school in the village of Rasolzade. 192 thousand Minister received from the realization of another major project, “Sultanov said.
Note that Zakir Sultanov was detained on charges of appropriate budget money allocated for the protection and reconstruction of cultural and historical monuments. For long years, HaqQin.az wrote about the corruption activities Z. Sultanova, in particular about his role in the destruction of architectural buildings in Old Baku. Z. Sultanov, entering into collusion with high-ranking officials and heads of the executive power, derived from the register of architectural buildings under the protection of the state, unique buildings, which were then under the demolition and construction of new buildings.
By the decision of the Baku court in grave crimes, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.