Putin seeks clarity as to who will be personally responsible for implementing ministerial plans
MOSCOW. June 7 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized ministries and agencies for failing to mention in their action plans the names of officials who will be personally responsible for their implementation.
"It should be absolutely clear who is personally responsible for achieving concrete results or failing to do so," Putin said at a session that addressed plans to implement the decrees issued by the Russian president on May 7, 2012.
The targets set by certain documents are not supported by any concrete indicators, the president said.
"In any case, I did not see it. Apparently, an attempt was made to describe it, but I did not see it," Putin said.
The president said he was insisting on the principle of personal responsibility because he would like to know who "should be held to account" if the plans failed, "so that no one would try to justify himself and explain why it happened."
"Either a concrete official assumes responsibility for implementing [the plans] or he ought to think about a career change. The principle of personal responsibility should be observed totally," Putin said.
The person who signed the confirmed document, in other words a minister or a department head, bears political responsibility for implementing these plans, he said.
The president also reaffirmed his intention to listen to each minister's report detailing all of the achieved results at an open-door session at the end of the year.