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    ALREADY TO GOVERN BY A CONCEPT

    Lragir.am
    03 Aug 06

    The government of Armenia adopted the concept of management of
    state property during the meeting on August 3. It means that further
    management, including privatization of the state property will be
    carried out in accordance with this long-term concept. "It provides
    for the principles, goals and objectives of management of the state
    property," says Ashot Markosyan, the assistant head of the Department
    of State Property Management.

    It is notable that the government of Armenia has privatized 80
    percent of the state property and has just remembered the necessity
    of a concept for the remaining 20 percent and adopted it. Perhaps
    the remaining 20 percent is of special value for the government and
    it should be sold in a special way, in accordance with a concept.
    Besides, it is more fashionable, not to allow accusing of not having
    a concept. In the meantime, there was not a concept when it was
    needed, but when there is almost no state property, the concept of
    its management is adopted.

    Ashot Markosyan says the concept concerns not only privatization but
    also the enterprises which have already been privatized. According
    to Ashot Markosyan, one of the underlying questions of the concept
    is the question of the authorized representatives of the state to
    companies partly shared by the state.

    "The problem is that presently there are problems with their functions,
    rights and duties. For instance, on what basis does the authorized
    representative of the state make one decision or another or endorse one
    decision of another? The next problem is their salary. Today, in fact,
    this question is in the air. The concept sets the objective to approach
    it from the point of view of public interest," says Ashot Markosyan.

    On the whole, the concept of management of state property has a single
    goal: the government needs to manage state property effectively,
    and if it is going to privatize it, the public interest should be
    taken into account. This lofty goal of the concept suggests that so
    far the government has not managed the state property effectively and
    did not privatize it in favor of the public interest. Simply now
    they are thinking about tomorrow. After all, noting is eternal,
    including power, and perhaps in preparing to leave the executive
    decided to adopt a concept to make the next government also to manage
    the state property effectively and privatize it in favor of the public
    interests. We can only appreciate the farsightedness of the government
    and even forgive some short-sighted steps of the conceptless times.
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