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ARMENIA'S PREMIER RESIGNED BECAUSE OF POWER PYRAMID BREAKUP - ASHOT MANUCHARYAN
18:32 * 07.04.14
In an interview with Tert.am, public and political figure Ashot
Manucharyan commented on the Armenian government's resignation.
According to him, one of the reasons was to prevent riots orchestrated
by certain political forces. The second reason is that a power pyramid
is breaking up because, on the one hand, people see they are unable
to change anything and, on the other hand, the corrupt system - from
minor officials to deputy ministers - "has been unable to take bribes."
As regards the possibility of a government of national agreement,
Manucharyan said:
"Governments of national agreement... During the last 25 years,
all the governments have been governments of national agreement.
They are formed to plunder the people. This is the system's attempt
to reproduce. So the parties must realize what they have to be able
to agree on because they cannot agree on plundering the country once
more. Some of the parties have come to realize that it is time to call
the plunderers to account. The people will certainly do that. The
time for joking with people is in the past, but those in power do
not seem to be able to realize that."
Commenting on Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's resignation in this
context, Manucharyan said:
"No doubt, two problems can be mentioned in connection with Tigran
Sargsyan's government. They made his resignation imperative. It
was common knowledge that Tigran Sargsyan was to resign, especially
after the government prepared documents on Armenia's accession to
the Customs Union. Two reasons account for the fact that it happened
a month earlier. One of the reasons was to prevent riots orchestrated
by certain political forces. The second reason is that a power pyramid
is breaking up because, on the one hand, people see they are unable
to change anything and, on the other hand, the corrupt system - from
minor officials to deputy ministers - has been unable to take bribes.
And the system is now seeking to return the 5-7 years in question to
be able to take bribes."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/04/07/tigran-karapetyan8/
18:32 * 07.04.14
In an interview with Tert.am, public and political figure Ashot
Manucharyan commented on the Armenian government's resignation.
According to him, one of the reasons was to prevent riots orchestrated
by certain political forces. The second reason is that a power pyramid
is breaking up because, on the one hand, people see they are unable
to change anything and, on the other hand, the corrupt system - from
minor officials to deputy ministers - "has been unable to take bribes."
As regards the possibility of a government of national agreement,
Manucharyan said:
"Governments of national agreement... During the last 25 years,
all the governments have been governments of national agreement.
They are formed to plunder the people. This is the system's attempt
to reproduce. So the parties must realize what they have to be able
to agree on because they cannot agree on plundering the country once
more. Some of the parties have come to realize that it is time to call
the plunderers to account. The people will certainly do that. The
time for joking with people is in the past, but those in power do
not seem to be able to realize that."
Commenting on Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's resignation in this
context, Manucharyan said:
"No doubt, two problems can be mentioned in connection with Tigran
Sargsyan's government. They made his resignation imperative. It
was common knowledge that Tigran Sargsyan was to resign, especially
after the government prepared documents on Armenia's accession to
the Customs Union. Two reasons account for the fact that it happened
a month earlier. One of the reasons was to prevent riots orchestrated
by certain political forces. The second reason is that a power pyramid
is breaking up because, on the one hand, people see they are unable
to change anything and, on the other hand, the corrupt system - from
minor officials to deputy ministers - has been unable to take bribes.
And the system is now seeking to return the 5-7 years in question to
be able to take bribes."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/04/07/tigran-karapetyan8/