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2013 DRAFT BUDGET NOT TO ENSURE BETTER LIFE FOR ARMENIA'S CITIZEN - MP
tert.am
31.10.12
The 2013 draft budget does not address the challenges Armenia is facing
and naturally, it will not ensure better life for an Armenian citizen
as compared with 2012, 2011 despite the 13 percent money growth,
MP Arstvik Minasyan said, speaking to Tert.am.
"The second fundamental problem is that the budget does not correspond
to the internationally declared policy of increase of competitiveness
and thirdly, it does not reflect the solution of issues the people
are facing. In particular, the means allocated to the Nagorno
Karabakh continue being small which impedes the implementation
of the active settlement program," the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation-Dashanktsutyun MP said.
Minasyan noted that the other principal issue is that despite the
budget being described as programming there is no performance indicator
on how many jobs will open during the budget implementation, how much
the poverty will reduce, how much the average salary will be and what
expectations an average Armenian citizen may have.
At a 2013 draft budget discussion on October 30 finance minister said
in Armenia, just like in many developing and developed countries the
raise in salaries is not agreed with inflation.
"It is obvious that Mr Minister is always mentioning the examples of
developed countries, which, at least from the professional viewpoint,
is not correct. It is strange to speak about income policy of developed
countries in case when officially 36 and non-officially 80 percent of
Armenia's population is living beyond the poverty line," Minasyan said,
reminding that the developed countries have already overcome the issue.
tert.am
31.10.12
The 2013 draft budget does not address the challenges Armenia is facing
and naturally, it will not ensure better life for an Armenian citizen
as compared with 2012, 2011 despite the 13 percent money growth,
MP Arstvik Minasyan said, speaking to Tert.am.
"The second fundamental problem is that the budget does not correspond
to the internationally declared policy of increase of competitiveness
and thirdly, it does not reflect the solution of issues the people
are facing. In particular, the means allocated to the Nagorno
Karabakh continue being small which impedes the implementation
of the active settlement program," the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation-Dashanktsutyun MP said.
Minasyan noted that the other principal issue is that despite the
budget being described as programming there is no performance indicator
on how many jobs will open during the budget implementation, how much
the poverty will reduce, how much the average salary will be and what
expectations an average Armenian citizen may have.
At a 2013 draft budget discussion on October 30 finance minister said
in Armenia, just like in many developing and developed countries the
raise in salaries is not agreed with inflation.
"It is obvious that Mr Minister is always mentioning the examples of
developed countries, which, at least from the professional viewpoint,
is not correct. It is strange to speak about income policy of developed
countries in case when officially 36 and non-officially 80 percent of
Armenia's population is living beyond the poverty line," Minasyan said,
reminding that the developed countries have already overcome the issue.