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ARF HAS LAUNCHED OFFENSIVE
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments24243.html
Published: 17:10:05 - 17/11/2011
Dashnaktsutyun has launched a real offensive on the draft budget and
the tax amendments, crushing the economic policy of Serzh Sargsyan's
administration. On the other hand, the party does not make political
statements, does not demand resignation of the government as it had
promised, and does not state if it will vote against the budget.
Moreover, the ARFD voted for the draft law on mines which it criticized
earlier.
In spring, Dashnaktsutyun tried to push vote of no confidence
to the government. Then the Dashnaks announced to return to this
issue in autumn. Autumn ends soon but the demand for resignation of
the government has not been heard in the parliament yet. Instead,
the economists of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Artsvik Minasyan and Ara
Nranyan, ruthlessly criticize the government for failure to implement
its pledges, namely boost salaries, social benefits and maintenance
of economic growth.
These two economists are highly professional and differ from the
"traditional" part of the ARF-D leadership. And the issue is not
that they are economists. They are less bound to this government with
different ties and are more determined than their colleagues. Perhaps
therefore the call for the prime minister to resign was voiced by
Artsvik Minasyan.
Nevertheless, the general position of the ARF-D is not quite clear.
Judging by the behavior of the members of parliament, the party is
trying to prove the failure of the economic policy of Serzh Sargsyan's
government without mentioning Sargsyan himself.
Interestingly, a similar position is held by Bargavach Hayastan Party
which supported the draft budget through its Member of Parliament
Vardan Bostanjyan, whereas Member of Parliament Naira Zohrabyan,
BHK, demonstratively voted for the draft decision of the ARF-D on
increasing the minimum salary to 45 thousand drams. In addition, BHK
implements less demonstratively benevolent projects, as if displaying
the failure of the social policy of the government.
These two parties which are usually referred to as the political
platform of the ex-president Robert Kocharyan will not enter in
a political confrontation with the government but will demonstrate
that several years ago the economic policy had a social bias, which
is out of this government's control. This position will win over a
number of votes, enabling them to float.
It will take the Republican Party and the government a lot of effort
to counteract to this policy. After the revelation of the conspiracy
against the government of Serzh Sargsyan the enemy seemed completely
defeated, but apparently the war continues on the social and economic
front.
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments24243.html
Published: 17:10:05 - 17/11/2011
Dashnaktsutyun has launched a real offensive on the draft budget and
the tax amendments, crushing the economic policy of Serzh Sargsyan's
administration. On the other hand, the party does not make political
statements, does not demand resignation of the government as it had
promised, and does not state if it will vote against the budget.
Moreover, the ARFD voted for the draft law on mines which it criticized
earlier.
In spring, Dashnaktsutyun tried to push vote of no confidence
to the government. Then the Dashnaks announced to return to this
issue in autumn. Autumn ends soon but the demand for resignation of
the government has not been heard in the parliament yet. Instead,
the economists of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Artsvik Minasyan and Ara
Nranyan, ruthlessly criticize the government for failure to implement
its pledges, namely boost salaries, social benefits and maintenance
of economic growth.
These two economists are highly professional and differ from the
"traditional" part of the ARF-D leadership. And the issue is not
that they are economists. They are less bound to this government with
different ties and are more determined than their colleagues. Perhaps
therefore the call for the prime minister to resign was voiced by
Artsvik Minasyan.
Nevertheless, the general position of the ARF-D is not quite clear.
Judging by the behavior of the members of parliament, the party is
trying to prove the failure of the economic policy of Serzh Sargsyan's
government without mentioning Sargsyan himself.
Interestingly, a similar position is held by Bargavach Hayastan Party
which supported the draft budget through its Member of Parliament
Vardan Bostanjyan, whereas Member of Parliament Naira Zohrabyan,
BHK, demonstratively voted for the draft decision of the ARF-D on
increasing the minimum salary to 45 thousand drams. In addition, BHK
implements less demonstratively benevolent projects, as if displaying
the failure of the social policy of the government.
These two parties which are usually referred to as the political
platform of the ex-president Robert Kocharyan will not enter in
a political confrontation with the government but will demonstrate
that several years ago the economic policy had a social bias, which
is out of this government's control. This position will win over a
number of votes, enabling them to float.
It will take the Republican Party and the government a lot of effort
to counteract to this policy. After the revelation of the conspiracy
against the government of Serzh Sargsyan the enemy seemed completely
defeated, but apparently the war continues on the social and economic
front.