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HAS PRIME MINISTER DEFEATED SAMVEL ALEXANYAN?
Ineligibility of a number of companies owned by oligarchs for state
procurement tenders may mark the beginning of economic transformation
in Armenia. No doubt, others will occupy the place of ineligible
"privileged" companies, and hardly through a fair competition.
However, the fact that some odious oligarchs were denied access to
state procurement is evidence to a big change.
Samvel Alexanyan's companies, including Alex Grig, Natali Farm and
Lusastgh Sugar will not be eligible for bid opportunities. These
companies are known to supply sugar, medicine and other products for
state procurement. Moreover, Samvel Alexanyan is a monopole importer
of sugar, and his non-participation in state tenders may mean that
new companies will appear in the market.
This could be referred to as Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's first
victory who has been trying to oust "old" monopolists from the
main sectors. They hardly succeeded in civil aviation, sending Mika
Baghdasaryan to rest. They failed in import - Samvel Alexanyan did
not allow Carrefour to open a store in Armenia.
But now Tigran Sargsyan has set to deal with the sector where
state budget is mainly circulated. Several families "occupy" state
procurement who are the main "eaters" of the state budget. The decision
to deny them access to the state budget is highly important from the
point of view of diversification.
Has Tigran Sargsyan defeated Samvel Alexanyan? Alexanyan's "silence"
means that he has also managed to "diversify" and register new
companies which will bid for tenders. If the government is committed
to diversification of state procurement, it must ensure transparency,
making known to the public to whom budget money goes and for what.
The state budget has stopped being the property of the authorities
which used to handle it as they wanted. The society understands that
the budget is their money and asks questions: where does the money go,
why do a couple of families get them, why nobody accounts for them?
The society of Armenia has changed though it still does not want to
believe. Meanwhile, the government has already believed and is taking
into account public opinion in its actions.
Naira Hayrumyan 11:31 08/08/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/economy/view/30653
Ineligibility of a number of companies owned by oligarchs for state
procurement tenders may mark the beginning of economic transformation
in Armenia. No doubt, others will occupy the place of ineligible
"privileged" companies, and hardly through a fair competition.
However, the fact that some odious oligarchs were denied access to
state procurement is evidence to a big change.
Samvel Alexanyan's companies, including Alex Grig, Natali Farm and
Lusastgh Sugar will not be eligible for bid opportunities. These
companies are known to supply sugar, medicine and other products for
state procurement. Moreover, Samvel Alexanyan is a monopole importer
of sugar, and his non-participation in state tenders may mean that
new companies will appear in the market.
This could be referred to as Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's first
victory who has been trying to oust "old" monopolists from the
main sectors. They hardly succeeded in civil aviation, sending Mika
Baghdasaryan to rest. They failed in import - Samvel Alexanyan did
not allow Carrefour to open a store in Armenia.
But now Tigran Sargsyan has set to deal with the sector where
state budget is mainly circulated. Several families "occupy" state
procurement who are the main "eaters" of the state budget. The decision
to deny them access to the state budget is highly important from the
point of view of diversification.
Has Tigran Sargsyan defeated Samvel Alexanyan? Alexanyan's "silence"
means that he has also managed to "diversify" and register new
companies which will bid for tenders. If the government is committed
to diversification of state procurement, it must ensure transparency,
making known to the public to whom budget money goes and for what.
The state budget has stopped being the property of the authorities
which used to handle it as they wanted. The society understands that
the budget is their money and asks questions: where does the money go,
why do a couple of families get them, why nobody accounts for them?
The society of Armenia has changed though it still does not want to
believe. Meanwhile, the government has already believed and is taking
into account public opinion in its actions.
Naira Hayrumyan 11:31 08/08/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/economy/view/30653