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We were able to achieve what much more powerful countries could not do
- Armenian President
NEWS.AM
December 15, 2012 | 14:09
YEREVAN. - In the lead-up to Armenia's presidential elections - to be
held on February 18, 2013 - , we have an opportunity to assess as to
where we are now and where we are heading, President - and ruling
Republican Party (RPA) Chairman - Serzh Sargsyan stated Saturday
addressing the 14th RPA special congress.
In his words, around five years ago a new opportunity was created
before Armenia toward using in favor of the people the system that was
formed over the course of the past fifteen years.
Sargsyan stressed that the Armenian society was shaken by the social
and political intolerance that had accumulated, and Armenia's economy
momentarily dropped as a result of the global economic downturn. But,
in the President's words, the country was able to get out of the
economic crisis and it kept its financial system unharmed.
`We were able to achieve what the much more powerful countries could
not do,' Serzh Sargsyan stated.
Reflecting on the reforms that were carried out in Armenia, the
President said the vicious practice of using force against journalists
was uprooted, the entire field of media was opened, the banned media
returned to airwaves, and the people's right to be a political
opponent - and without being labeled a traitor - was reinstated in the
country.
- Armenian President
NEWS.AM
December 15, 2012 | 14:09
YEREVAN. - In the lead-up to Armenia's presidential elections - to be
held on February 18, 2013 - , we have an opportunity to assess as to
where we are now and where we are heading, President - and ruling
Republican Party (RPA) Chairman - Serzh Sargsyan stated Saturday
addressing the 14th RPA special congress.
In his words, around five years ago a new opportunity was created
before Armenia toward using in favor of the people the system that was
formed over the course of the past fifteen years.
Sargsyan stressed that the Armenian society was shaken by the social
and political intolerance that had accumulated, and Armenia's economy
momentarily dropped as a result of the global economic downturn. But,
in the President's words, the country was able to get out of the
economic crisis and it kept its financial system unharmed.
`We were able to achieve what the much more powerful countries could
not do,' Serzh Sargsyan stated.
Reflecting on the reforms that were carried out in Armenia, the
President said the vicious practice of using force against journalists
was uprooted, the entire field of media was opened, the banned media
returned to airwaves, and the people's right to be a political
opponent - and without being labeled a traitor - was reinstated in the
country.