Representatives of the mayor of the Tekeli city of Kazakhstan posted a message on the public procurement website about their plans to purchase a PlayStation 5 game console, which caused anger among local residents and negative reaction from the local prosecutor’s office. About informs DTF Portal.
In addition to the console, Tekeli Municipality planned to buy six video games: FIFA 23, GTA V, UFC 4, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, Need for Speed ​​Heat and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The administration planned to spend 600,000 tenge (about 90,000 rubles) for these purposes.
Tekeli Municipality tried to justify itself when local residents became interested in the purchase and the media began to criticize the authorities. They said the PlayStation 5 and the games were designed to equip a nursery in a cultural centre.
“Quality and sound developer games such as football, tennis, various martial arts will be organized for children. It is planned to organize active leisure activities for children and adolescents under the guidance of the same cultural center representatives, IT specialist and teacher.
The media and residents of the city were not content with this explanation, as some of the listed games could hardly be called children’s. GTA V in Monopoly was seen as “immoral” and Mortal Kombat was not suitable for arousing interest in martial arts.
Soon the local prosecutor’s office had to intervene in the conflict between the authorities and the people of the city. After the audit, the department canceled the mayor’s public procurement and called the authorities’ actions “unjust.”
Tekeli is a small city in eastern Kazakhstan, part of the Alma-Ata region. At the beginning of 2019, the population of the city was about 32 thousand people.
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Source: Gazeta
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