Tweet
news.am, Armenia
Jan 5 2012
Armenian authorities to ensure separating business from parliament
January 05, 2012 | 11:58
YEREVAN. - Armenia is getting prepared for the most free and
transparent elections during the last 20 years and the state has all
the pre-requisites for it, ruling Republican Party MP Hovhannes
Sahakyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent.
According to him, the authorities will ensure separating business from
parliament. Measures are taken in this direction.
`We currently have MPs who say willingly that they are not going to
stand for the upcoming elections, as they do not see themselves in
legislature,' MP said.
However, the process should be gradual as hasted ones always fail.
In response to the question why there are MP oligarchs and why they
should not be anymore, Sahakyan said that according to the law, MPs
should no run business.
`I believe that none of our MPs run business. There are MPs who have
property purchased before. Currently those businesses are run by
trusted persons. I do not consider them businessmen as they should run
it personally. They may be just rich people,' MP said. `We should not
forget that the Parliament is a place to deal with politics. They
should express their political ambitions, opinions and solve political
issues in the parliament. We have approached to a certain level, where
each one should decide on him.'
From: Baghdasarian
Jan 5 2012
Armenian authorities to ensure separating business from parliament
January 05, 2012 | 11:58
YEREVAN. - Armenia is getting prepared for the most free and
transparent elections during the last 20 years and the state has all
the pre-requisites for it, ruling Republican Party MP Hovhannes
Sahakyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent.
According to him, the authorities will ensure separating business from
parliament. Measures are taken in this direction.
`We currently have MPs who say willingly that they are not going to
stand for the upcoming elections, as they do not see themselves in
legislature,' MP said.
However, the process should be gradual as hasted ones always fail.
In response to the question why there are MP oligarchs and why they
should not be anymore, Sahakyan said that according to the law, MPs
should no run business.
`I believe that none of our MPs run business. There are MPs who have
property purchased before. Currently those businesses are run by
trusted persons. I do not consider them businessmen as they should run
it personally. They may be just rich people,' MP said. `We should not
forget that the Parliament is a place to deal with politics. They
should express their political ambitions, opinions and solve political
issues in the parliament. We have approached to a certain level, where
each one should decide on him.'
From: Baghdasarian