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Authorities Made to Change
Arman Galoyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country27452.html
Published: 10:47:41 - 21/09/2012
Interview with Stepan Safaryan, vice-president of the Heritage Party
During the meeting with the ministers, Serzh Sargsyan said dissatisfied
with the prime minister and said he had warned him about it for four years.
Why did he reappoint him prime minister if he was dissatisfied with his
work?
I think the reason is the elections. No country would like such changes
prior to the elections. Especially when the parliamentary elections are
followed by the presidential ones and it's the case in Armenia. This is the
only explanation.
Will Sargsyan make any changes though? Or was that meeting just a show?
I think there will be some changes because I feel that the authorities
understand that the internal resources of the country are not enough to
hold on to power. They also understand that they may receive foreign
financial support for some reforms. So this is the reason of the
pre-election criticism of the system and kickbacks.
At what level will the changes happen?
I can't say anything about the deepness of changes. It has been 20 years
no
deep changes happen. So, it is hard to say. But if any other government was
in the place of this one, it would have to make changes due to the
negotiations with the EU.
Do you expect the resignation of the prime minister?
It is difficult to predict. But one thing is certain. Serzh Sargsyan
considers Tigran Sargsyan as one of the core members of his team. He will
not change him before the elections, but afterwards I don't exclude such
a
turn.
At yesterday's meeting of government, Tigran Sargsyan fired the head of
the State Procurement Agency for mismanagement. Will other changes at this
level follow?
To be honest, I don't think these are steps aimed at election propaganda.
Apparently, during the parliamentary elections they failed to persuade the
society to trust them and now they should take specific actions and not to
forget the Republican slogan `Believe to change'. Yes, there are electoral
moods but there is an objective need for change, otherwise the government
will be unable to keep the country.
Do you believe in the sincerity of the authorities?
I have no issue of believing or not the authorities. I build my judgments
on the reality in and outside Armenia. I'm saying that these factors will
make the authorities make changes sooner or later.
Arman Galoyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country27452.html
Published: 10:47:41 - 21/09/2012
Interview with Stepan Safaryan, vice-president of the Heritage Party
During the meeting with the ministers, Serzh Sargsyan said dissatisfied
with the prime minister and said he had warned him about it for four years.
Why did he reappoint him prime minister if he was dissatisfied with his
work?
I think the reason is the elections. No country would like such changes
prior to the elections. Especially when the parliamentary elections are
followed by the presidential ones and it's the case in Armenia. This is the
only explanation.
Will Sargsyan make any changes though? Or was that meeting just a show?
I think there will be some changes because I feel that the authorities
understand that the internal resources of the country are not enough to
hold on to power. They also understand that they may receive foreign
financial support for some reforms. So this is the reason of the
pre-election criticism of the system and kickbacks.
At what level will the changes happen?
I can't say anything about the deepness of changes. It has been 20 years
no
deep changes happen. So, it is hard to say. But if any other government was
in the place of this one, it would have to make changes due to the
negotiations with the EU.
Do you expect the resignation of the prime minister?
It is difficult to predict. But one thing is certain. Serzh Sargsyan
considers Tigran Sargsyan as one of the core members of his team. He will
not change him before the elections, but afterwards I don't exclude such
a
turn.
At yesterday's meeting of government, Tigran Sargsyan fired the head of
the State Procurement Agency for mismanagement. Will other changes at this
level follow?
To be honest, I don't think these are steps aimed at election propaganda.
Apparently, during the parliamentary elections they failed to persuade the
society to trust them and now they should take specific actions and not to
forget the Republican slogan `Believe to change'. Yes, there are electoral
moods but there is an objective need for change, otherwise the government
will be unable to keep the country.
Do you believe in the sincerity of the authorities?
I have no issue of believing or not the authorities. I build my judgments
on the reality in and outside Armenia. I'm saying that these factors will
make the authorities make changes sooner or later.