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OSKANIAN PROPOSES 3 STEPS FOR PROGRESS
17:36 ~U 11.04.13
Ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, who is now a parliament member
of the Prosperous Armenia party, has proposed three steps for ensuring
progress in the country following the presidential inauguration event.
A top candidate on the party's proportional representation list
in the Yerevan municipality elections, the politician has pointed
out two basic factors which he says have pushed him to make his
approaches public.
The first, he says, was the president's remark expressing gratitude
"to those who cast their votes in favor of another candidate."
In his inaugural address, Serzh Sargsyan described his opposing
electorate's choice as a message to the authorities, expressing
discontent. "The phrase gives rise to a natural question as to
what actions the president is going to take to satisfy the people's
demands," the ex-minister says in a Facebook post.
As for the second factor, Oskanian points out to the 600,000 votes
cast against the incumbent, saying that the number coincided with the
Gallup survey which revealed that 40% of Armenians seek to emigrate
from the country. Oskanian notes that the rate is the highest in the
post-Soviet area. "That adds to the protest of the around 600,000
citizens, calling upon the authorities for more urgent actions to
reform the human resources and content-based policies within the
shortest timeframes in order to attain more tangible results," he says.
Oskanian further proposes his approaches, focusing mainly on domestic
policy issues.
As a first step, the politician calls for refraining from what he
calls fake and initative conduct. "These two are the main reasons
behind the political situation and the lukewarm atmosphere. It is
done by both the authorities and other political forces," he says,
adding that the society no longer believes in what he describes as
fake Facebook posts and surveys, and misrepresentation of the real
situation in the country.
Secondly, Oskanian calls for urgent measures to heal the political
atmosphere and to that effect he proposes the governing circles to be
more tolerant to the opposing political forces. [It is necessary] to
after all admit that the political monopoly has never been an effective
governance tool, so ensuring a progress in the county and solving the
problems facing the people is possible only through competitiveness,
counterbalances and shared responsibility," he continues.
As for the third step, Oskanian proposes taking a leading role in
developing the agenda proposed by the ruling political. "The process of
shaping the agenda and the results will bring about essential changes,
giving the society trust and hope in the country's future," he says.
Armenian News - Tert.am
17:36 ~U 11.04.13
Ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, who is now a parliament member
of the Prosperous Armenia party, has proposed three steps for ensuring
progress in the country following the presidential inauguration event.
A top candidate on the party's proportional representation list
in the Yerevan municipality elections, the politician has pointed
out two basic factors which he says have pushed him to make his
approaches public.
The first, he says, was the president's remark expressing gratitude
"to those who cast their votes in favor of another candidate."
In his inaugural address, Serzh Sargsyan described his opposing
electorate's choice as a message to the authorities, expressing
discontent. "The phrase gives rise to a natural question as to
what actions the president is going to take to satisfy the people's
demands," the ex-minister says in a Facebook post.
As for the second factor, Oskanian points out to the 600,000 votes
cast against the incumbent, saying that the number coincided with the
Gallup survey which revealed that 40% of Armenians seek to emigrate
from the country. Oskanian notes that the rate is the highest in the
post-Soviet area. "That adds to the protest of the around 600,000
citizens, calling upon the authorities for more urgent actions to
reform the human resources and content-based policies within the
shortest timeframes in order to attain more tangible results," he says.
Oskanian further proposes his approaches, focusing mainly on domestic
policy issues.
As a first step, the politician calls for refraining from what he
calls fake and initative conduct. "These two are the main reasons
behind the political situation and the lukewarm atmosphere. It is
done by both the authorities and other political forces," he says,
adding that the society no longer believes in what he describes as
fake Facebook posts and surveys, and misrepresentation of the real
situation in the country.
Secondly, Oskanian calls for urgent measures to heal the political
atmosphere and to that effect he proposes the governing circles to be
more tolerant to the opposing political forces. [It is necessary] to
after all admit that the political monopoly has never been an effective
governance tool, so ensuring a progress in the county and solving the
problems facing the people is possible only through competitiveness,
counterbalances and shared responsibility," he continues.
As for the third step, Oskanian proposes taking a leading role in
developing the agenda proposed by the ruling political. "The process of
shaping the agenda and the results will bring about essential changes,
giving the society trust and hope in the country's future," he says.
Armenian News - Tert.am