OREANDA-NEWS. July 25, 2008. A mass harvest campaign should be launched in all regions of the country tomorrow, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said after being given an update on the progress in the rural revival programme 2005-2010 by the Brest oblast executive committee.

“Time is pressing. The crops have started ripening fast. It would be equal to a crime to fail to begin harvesting tomorrow. All equipment should be working in the fields tomorrow,” the head of state said.

Alexander Lukashenko said that there are some problems with grain crop harvesting. Lodged crops account for 25% on average countrywide. Yet the companies have the equipment that can gather the crops.

The success in the development of agricultural companies in many things depends on the level of management, the President said. Alexander Lukashenko tasked the head of the Presidential Administration to look into how the process of selecting candidates for senior positions was organised. “In the near future we will check and assess the work of every seniour official,” the head of state said.