Interim President Berdimuhammedov may be pledging to keep some of Turkmenbashi’s policies going, but RFE/RL reports today that he plans to make some changes if (or, more likely, when) he wins February’s presidential election. And if he follows through, these actually appear to be some positive changes.
“We will create the right conditions for developing the transportation and communications network,” Berdymukhammedov said, according to RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service. “I will pay a great deal of attention to this sphere. The latest technology, [like] the Internet, should be available to every person in the country.”
He has also vowed to reverse his predecessor’s school reform, which reduced 10 years of studies to nine.
Berdymukhammedov also vowed to review the cases of those who had their pensions cut off in 2006, and said the state would continue to make bread, gasoline, and other staples available at low prices.
RFE/RL interpreted the pledge regarding the internet as a promise to “lift tight restrictions.” That can be interpreted a few ways, and from what they have quoted, his promise looks only to be about increasing access to the internet and not necessarily about reducing government control over the access.
I’m wondering if the following will be changed…
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