AN INTERESTING AND PROMISING START

During the meeting with the journalists, ARTASHES SHAHBAZYAN, Secretary of the ARFD parliamentary faction, said that at Saturday’s meeting, Serge Sargsyan and the coalition parties did not finalize the issue of the staff of the Government, and the negotiations are still under way.
The speaker considered the appointments made by the President promising and encouraging. “This is an interesting start. The new President, I think, is fulfilling his promises and making serious and radical changes in the human resource policy. Without these steps, is impossible to implement the reform programs promised to the public.”
In the estimation of A. Shahbazyan, the appointment of both the Prime Minister and the two Ministers as well as the fact of removing some people from their posts give occasion to thinking that our country’s new leadership, in the person of President Serge Sargsyan and Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, follow the path of implementing the pre-election program and keeping promises given during the speeches. “Certain statements made by the President and the Prime Minister also awaken hopes and expectations. In particular, it was clarified that no ignorant and ill-bred people should be involved in the Government, and the monopolies should be eliminated. This is a good start which inspires hopes,” the ARFD representative finds.
A. Shahbazyan expressed belief that the demand of dissolving the National Assembly and holding new parliamentary elections is not absolutely a public or political must, and it’s not conditioned by the interests of the people and the state. On this occasion, he recalled the following well-known anecdote: instead of punishing the only tractor driver of the village for getting drunk and trampling on everything, the villagers decided to punish one of the two electricians. “A similar sophisticated decision was made for finding a solution to the existing problem, and some people decided that it was possible to sacrifice the Parliament. The reasons for dissolving the National Assembly are enshrined in the Constitution.
There is no parliamentary crisis; the cooperation between the executive and the legislative is not paralyzed, and the National Assembly’s working schedule is quite overloaded. So, why dissolve the Parliament? Just because the political force which attracted a certain mass during the elections was afraid to participate in the parliamentary elections?”
In response to the question of the correspondent of “Hayots Ashkharh”, the secretary of ARFD faction commented on the part of the article published in “Novoe Izvestia” periodical, where the author says, “If you ask me what I am going to do, I will say that I am going to form a certain public opinion to prevent these authorities from being recognized.”
The MP also considered it obvious that LTP will hereafter act on our political arena with such qualities. “He decides what problems to solve. If he has to somehow regulate his opposition-oriented activity and rivalry with the authorities, I wouldn’t like him to deepen his struggle against the authorities to such a degree that may turn the opposition-oriented activity into a struggle undermining the foundations of the state. As to a civilized and political struggle, it is welcome as well as necessary. This is the only way that may heal our internal political system.”
GEVORG HAROUTYUNYAN

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