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PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION SLAMS GOVERNMENT OVER "VAGUE" POLICY PROGRAM
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Politics | 21.06.12 | 11:09
Parliamentary opposition slams government over "vague" policy program
Representatives of the four minority factions in the Armenian National
Assembly leveled harsh criticism at the government over its five-year
policy program that they view as "lacking specifics, unfeasible and
relying on too many general terms."
Ex-prime minister Hrant Bagratyan, a lawmaker with the opposition
Armenian National Congress, said the government program was a
collection of "general phrases and good wishes". He also accused
the current government, which went through only a minor reshuffle,
of failing to live up to its previous commitments.
Naira Zohrabyan, of the Prosperous Armenia Party, in particular,
criticized the government for lacking policy on curbing the growing
migration.
"We agree with our colleagues that 450 people migrate from the
country every day; exactly so many people live in one village,"
she said during the Wednesday session in parliament.
Representatives of the opposition Heritage party and the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation also made critical statements regarding the
government program.
In the next five years the government formed by the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA) and its junior coalition partner Orinats Yerkir,
in particular, pledges to double the official minimum wage of 32,500
drams (about $80), create an additional 100,000 jobs, reduce the
poverty rate and encourage birthrate.
In his presentation from the parliament tribune Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan defended the feasibility of the program, describing it as
urgent for the nation.
Pro-government lawmakers, meanwhile, shrugged off the criticism coming
from their opposition counterparts, describing it as populism.
The debate is expected to continue today, followed by a voting
procedure. While the opposition factions are expected to vote against
the program, it is expected to be easily approved by the National
Assembly where the RPA and Orinats Yerkir control more than half of
the seats.
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/38876/opposition_factions_criticize_government_program
Politics | 21.06.12 | 11:09
Parliamentary opposition slams government over "vague" policy program
Representatives of the four minority factions in the Armenian National
Assembly leveled harsh criticism at the government over its five-year
policy program that they view as "lacking specifics, unfeasible and
relying on too many general terms."
Ex-prime minister Hrant Bagratyan, a lawmaker with the opposition
Armenian National Congress, said the government program was a
collection of "general phrases and good wishes". He also accused
the current government, which went through only a minor reshuffle,
of failing to live up to its previous commitments.
Naira Zohrabyan, of the Prosperous Armenia Party, in particular,
criticized the government for lacking policy on curbing the growing
migration.
"We agree with our colleagues that 450 people migrate from the
country every day; exactly so many people live in one village,"
she said during the Wednesday session in parliament.
Representatives of the opposition Heritage party and the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation also made critical statements regarding the
government program.
In the next five years the government formed by the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA) and its junior coalition partner Orinats Yerkir,
in particular, pledges to double the official minimum wage of 32,500
drams (about $80), create an additional 100,000 jobs, reduce the
poverty rate and encourage birthrate.
In his presentation from the parliament tribune Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan defended the feasibility of the program, describing it as
urgent for the nation.
Pro-government lawmakers, meanwhile, shrugged off the criticism coming
from their opposition counterparts, describing it as populism.
The debate is expected to continue today, followed by a voting
procedure. While the opposition factions are expected to vote against
the program, it is expected to be easily approved by the National
Assembly where the RPA and Orinats Yerkir control more than half of
the seats.