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Political imprudence
October 25 2013
Wage increase of the highest state bureaucracy on the background of
eliminating 18 thousand drams unemployment benefits is really a
bizarre step. The government could not explain why it wants to take
away that albeit minor contribution from unemployed. Perhaps there are
reasons that are not loud about it. For example, there is a secret
plan to provide a `boom' of jobs in the upcoming months. Connecting
such reckless and irrational move of the Government and the National
Assembly with raising of own salary talks about the lack of elementary
political smell (or, maybe, about real cynicism). While the issue of
raising wages really exists, and if do not pursue the goal to please
the majority of our citizens and to deserve stormy applauses, then I
suggest to think. When Saakashvili came to power and got the full
support of the Americans, of course, the question arose how to do that
the senior officials steal less. Americans said to Saakashvili `never
mind, make your young people work, we will give money'. Regardless of
what happened after, it gave its positive result in the first round.
It is not possible other than that: to pay 240 thousand drams to the
minister and tell to rule the sector, where billions of dollars are
circulating, it is illogical. You will say even if he received a
million, it's all the same, he will steal. Yes, it is possible. But,
for these 240 thousand drams, he is forced to do it. There are people
in the Government and the National Assembly, who have no business, do
not `stand a roof' in anywhere, do not take bribes, do not collect
illegal `taxes'. How is their issue solved? In addition to `white'
salaries, they are likely to get an envelope with `black' salary. In
addition to lazybones and pillagers, the government, sometimes, in
exceptional cases, needs for specialists, professionals, such as
people like Vache Gabrielyan. Such people are also available in much
lower spheres. How to stir the interest of such specialists to work
for the state? Perhaps, we should quit with them and hire people with
low wages, knowing a priori that they will take a bribe, or (which is
almost the same) will intrude into the business. In short, the issue
principally is put correctly. Simply, in the country with widespread
poverty, it is absolutely not perceived and will not be perceived that
the well-fed MPs, the majority of which are businessmen and absolutely
do not rely on wages, raise their, as well as their `fellow worker'
executive's salaries. Accordingly, if I were a deputy, I would propose
the following: to pass a law, but for the next government, for the
next session of the National Assembly, for the next president.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/10/25/162183/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
October 25 2013
Wage increase of the highest state bureaucracy on the background of
eliminating 18 thousand drams unemployment benefits is really a
bizarre step. The government could not explain why it wants to take
away that albeit minor contribution from unemployed. Perhaps there are
reasons that are not loud about it. For example, there is a secret
plan to provide a `boom' of jobs in the upcoming months. Connecting
such reckless and irrational move of the Government and the National
Assembly with raising of own salary talks about the lack of elementary
political smell (or, maybe, about real cynicism). While the issue of
raising wages really exists, and if do not pursue the goal to please
the majority of our citizens and to deserve stormy applauses, then I
suggest to think. When Saakashvili came to power and got the full
support of the Americans, of course, the question arose how to do that
the senior officials steal less. Americans said to Saakashvili `never
mind, make your young people work, we will give money'. Regardless of
what happened after, it gave its positive result in the first round.
It is not possible other than that: to pay 240 thousand drams to the
minister and tell to rule the sector, where billions of dollars are
circulating, it is illogical. You will say even if he received a
million, it's all the same, he will steal. Yes, it is possible. But,
for these 240 thousand drams, he is forced to do it. There are people
in the Government and the National Assembly, who have no business, do
not `stand a roof' in anywhere, do not take bribes, do not collect
illegal `taxes'. How is their issue solved? In addition to `white'
salaries, they are likely to get an envelope with `black' salary. In
addition to lazybones and pillagers, the government, sometimes, in
exceptional cases, needs for specialists, professionals, such as
people like Vache Gabrielyan. Such people are also available in much
lower spheres. How to stir the interest of such specialists to work
for the state? Perhaps, we should quit with them and hire people with
low wages, knowing a priori that they will take a bribe, or (which is
almost the same) will intrude into the business. In short, the issue
principally is put correctly. Simply, in the country with widespread
poverty, it is absolutely not perceived and will not be perceived that
the well-fed MPs, the majority of which are businessmen and absolutely
do not rely on wages, raise their, as well as their `fellow worker'
executive's salaries. Accordingly, if I were a deputy, I would propose
the following: to pass a law, but for the next government, for the
next session of the National Assembly, for the next president.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/10/25/162183/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress