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Mediamax, Armenia
March 10 2012
Armenian President: surgical and all other measures will be applied
for defeating corruption
Saturday 10 March 2012 14:12
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said today that
both `surgical and all other legal measures will be applied' for
`defeating tumor which overwhelmed our society and which is called
corruption'.
Serzh Sargsyan said this speaking today at the Republican Party of
Armenia Convention.
`We believe that our society should develop in an environment of a
free competition. However, free competition must not translate into
the advantage for big money as it cannot translate into an opportunity
for the very same big money to suppress and consume other
competitors', President stated.
He noted that `we have opened up the political system and rejected the
dictate and attempts to monopolize by the cult of personality-type
leadership as well as by the big money; we have changed years-long
stereotypes regarding criticism, rejected total intolerance towards
dissent and reestablished the right of the opposition to have decent
goals and honest intentions'.
`We have refused public affront as a political phenomenon and stood
against the disgusting practice of using violence, especially brutal
physical force, against the freedom of speech and in particular
towards journalists', Serzh Sargsyan said.
`It should be kept in mind that elections are only a means and not an
end. We are a nation and we are a state. We have goals. Elections,
parliaments and governments are tools to achieve those goals. Normal
elections are essential but not sufficient for fundamental reforms. I
would like to repeat: other objectives, which we pursue as a nation
and as a state, are more critical. Political and economic liberties on
one hand, discipline and exactingness on the other will provide new
opportunities for our comprehensive development. It is our resource',
President said.
March 10 2012
Armenian President: surgical and all other measures will be applied
for defeating corruption
Saturday 10 March 2012 14:12
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said today that
both `surgical and all other legal measures will be applied' for
`defeating tumor which overwhelmed our society and which is called
corruption'.
Serzh Sargsyan said this speaking today at the Republican Party of
Armenia Convention.
`We believe that our society should develop in an environment of a
free competition. However, free competition must not translate into
the advantage for big money as it cannot translate into an opportunity
for the very same big money to suppress and consume other
competitors', President stated.
He noted that `we have opened up the political system and rejected the
dictate and attempts to monopolize by the cult of personality-type
leadership as well as by the big money; we have changed years-long
stereotypes regarding criticism, rejected total intolerance towards
dissent and reestablished the right of the opposition to have decent
goals and honest intentions'.
`We have refused public affront as a political phenomenon and stood
against the disgusting practice of using violence, especially brutal
physical force, against the freedom of speech and in particular
towards journalists', Serzh Sargsyan said.
`It should be kept in mind that elections are only a means and not an
end. We are a nation and we are a state. We have goals. Elections,
parliaments and governments are tools to achieve those goals. Normal
elections are essential but not sufficient for fundamental reforms. I
would like to repeat: other objectives, which we pursue as a nation
and as a state, are more critical. Political and economic liberties on
one hand, discipline and exactingness on the other will provide new
opportunities for our comprehensive development. It is our resource',
President said.