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    SERZH SARGSYAN: OUR GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY IN ARMENIA

    Noyan Tapan
    June 11, 2009

    YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of the constitutional
    amendments Yerevan Mayor will have less levers for making personal
    decisions than the former Mayors, but it does not mean at all that
    the share of Mayor's responsibility or his role will decrease. RA
    President Serzh Sargsyan mentioned at the June 11 solemn swearing-in
    ceremony of the newly elected Yerevan Mayor. "We, Yerevan residents,
    expect a new policy," he said.

    S. Sargsyan emphasized that he never links solution of Yerevan problems
    with political views, ideological differences. "There is a goal and
    different approaches on ways of achieving that goal. The process
    of achieving the goal will only gain from it, and Yerevan will also
    gain," he said adding that this approach should be introduced into
    Yerevan development conception.

    According to S. Sargsyan, consistent solution of Yerevan problems
    will also change country's face for the better, as the changes taking
    place in Yerevan influence the regions without fail.

    According to S. Sargsyan, the country has drawn three important
    conclusions from Yerevan Council of Elders elections:

    First, the country is able and henceforth should organize good
    elections, where vicious phenomena will be eradicated in turn, where
    political forces will be able to compete in a civilized way. In this
    respect Yerevan Council of Elders elections were instructive, and we
    should learn lessons from them.

    "We are obliged to be well-prepared when going to the next important
    elections to be able to hold good elections and receive our people's
    and international community's estimation: not "mostly" but "highly or
    completely corresponded to the international standards," S. Sargsyan
    said.

    The second important conclusion is that no infringement, on Armenian
    citizens' suffrage, no violation and illegality will remain without
    answer and response. "The constitutional right of forming power through
    elections should become an indisputable principle in our system of
    values. No illegality will be tolerated, no matter who commits it,
    whether an electoral commission member or an ordinary voter," the
    country head said.

    According to S. Sargsyan, the third important conclusion is confidence
    that progress can be achieved when efforts of all forces interested
    in further development and strengthening of democracy in Armenia are
    directed to a concrete goal, when there is an exact aim, cooperation
    and mutual understanding.

    "Our goal is to strengthen inclusive democracy in Armenia, to achieve
    elections' being not some special moment of political tension, not
    an ordeal for our state and statehood, but working maturity for the
    authorities and political forces and test of their programs' being
    in demand," S. Sargsyan said.
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