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Aram Sargsyan advises Serzh Sargsyan to take the example of Vladimir Putin
January 11 2014
Last year-end, as expected, the road map of Armenia's accession to the
Customs Union was approved. The document has not yet been published,
ruling party's political figures are not even familiar with it, and
therefore, no one wants to make analysis or express views about the
sequence of moves, their logic, and trend. Even people who in
principle consider the political decision on accession to the Customs
Union acceptable. In the conversation with Aravot.am, the Leader of
the Democratic Party of Armenia, Aram Sargsyan, opined in this regard
that supposedly the road map should include technical issues in
compliance with appropriate documentation base elaborated by the CU
founding members, regarding the execution o obligations by the
Armenian side. To our question of whether, in your opinion, the
document, however, should be made public so that the public understand
the steps in sequence and logic, have the notion about expected
results, Aram Sargsyan responded as follows, `Generally, I think that
the authorities were obliged to present the rationale of their
political decision, including the characteristics and advantages. And
this should be done not only in the form of official message, but over
TV and speeches in detail, perhaps, via wide-scale press conferences
or being in touch with the people. This is the rule, after making such
a big and important decision people need to know what future is
expected to them, what kind of success can be expected to be able to
keep people within the country.' With regard to transparency, our
interlocutor brings the example of the President of the Russian
Federation. We were interested to know of what `concealing',
non-public practice of RA authorities in the EU Association process
and now in CU accession process hints at. Aram Sargsyan thinks that
the people in the administration system of Armenia either are not
familiar with the management theory in general, or it is their style,
they allegedly have received the majority vote of the public, which
they consider appropriately to conduct. `We know what we're doing, and
your intelligence is not enough to understand what we are doing: we
will do, you will see. This is it.' The DPA leader considers the
second option more likely. Democratic Party, in the near future, will
not only require from the authorities to act transparently, but will
introduce its own approaches to the actions, with various political
actions. Aram Sargsyan, to put it mildly, does not consider it a
normal phenomenon that not the President of the Republic, but an
expert is presenting an opinion about the CU accession, since the
differences between the weights of the opinions are obvious.
Especially since there are no broad public debates, there are separate
opinions voice from time to time. `Today, we have the unprecedented
emigration in Armenia, I'm not taking the 90's, there were other
conditions there, and people are leaving because they really do not
see the prospect or are unable to handle other problems in their
lives. Now, people who are even more or less secured are leaving the
country. In any case, the reasons for migration are not explored and
the government does not seem to hurry,' says our interlocutor, adding
that willy-nilly you begin to think that it is done for the
complaining mass to leave and the authorities followed by their
imagination are able to manage more easily. `There are hundreds of
questions that have no answers at this time. Even we can draw the
following conclusions from the findings published by the State
Statistic Service that the country is simply bleeding.' Aram Sargsyan
makes a reference to the existing lines near the Russian migration
agencies in Armenia within `Compatriots' program. People, whom they
accept now to submit the papers, are invited to come in the end of
May. `Now, imagine how large the number of emigrants is. Under these
conditions, the current government has no right to put the head
resting on the cushion and sleep, they cannot say anymore that we know
what we're doing. And we see the result of your deeds. At least once a
month, the President of Armenia should come up with broadcast, present
his and the government's plans, and show results.' In fact, Aram
Sargsyan believes that Russia's former Ambassador gave the correct
answer to the Prime Minister of Armenia by saying, take a good care of
your people, let them not go and instead of putting the blame on us,
decide on how to do to keep your people in your country.
Nelly Grigoryan
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/01/11/163291/
January 11 2014
Last year-end, as expected, the road map of Armenia's accession to the
Customs Union was approved. The document has not yet been published,
ruling party's political figures are not even familiar with it, and
therefore, no one wants to make analysis or express views about the
sequence of moves, their logic, and trend. Even people who in
principle consider the political decision on accession to the Customs
Union acceptable. In the conversation with Aravot.am, the Leader of
the Democratic Party of Armenia, Aram Sargsyan, opined in this regard
that supposedly the road map should include technical issues in
compliance with appropriate documentation base elaborated by the CU
founding members, regarding the execution o obligations by the
Armenian side. To our question of whether, in your opinion, the
document, however, should be made public so that the public understand
the steps in sequence and logic, have the notion about expected
results, Aram Sargsyan responded as follows, `Generally, I think that
the authorities were obliged to present the rationale of their
political decision, including the characteristics and advantages. And
this should be done not only in the form of official message, but over
TV and speeches in detail, perhaps, via wide-scale press conferences
or being in touch with the people. This is the rule, after making such
a big and important decision people need to know what future is
expected to them, what kind of success can be expected to be able to
keep people within the country.' With regard to transparency, our
interlocutor brings the example of the President of the Russian
Federation. We were interested to know of what `concealing',
non-public practice of RA authorities in the EU Association process
and now in CU accession process hints at. Aram Sargsyan thinks that
the people in the administration system of Armenia either are not
familiar with the management theory in general, or it is their style,
they allegedly have received the majority vote of the public, which
they consider appropriately to conduct. `We know what we're doing, and
your intelligence is not enough to understand what we are doing: we
will do, you will see. This is it.' The DPA leader considers the
second option more likely. Democratic Party, in the near future, will
not only require from the authorities to act transparently, but will
introduce its own approaches to the actions, with various political
actions. Aram Sargsyan, to put it mildly, does not consider it a
normal phenomenon that not the President of the Republic, but an
expert is presenting an opinion about the CU accession, since the
differences between the weights of the opinions are obvious.
Especially since there are no broad public debates, there are separate
opinions voice from time to time. `Today, we have the unprecedented
emigration in Armenia, I'm not taking the 90's, there were other
conditions there, and people are leaving because they really do not
see the prospect or are unable to handle other problems in their
lives. Now, people who are even more or less secured are leaving the
country. In any case, the reasons for migration are not explored and
the government does not seem to hurry,' says our interlocutor, adding
that willy-nilly you begin to think that it is done for the
complaining mass to leave and the authorities followed by their
imagination are able to manage more easily. `There are hundreds of
questions that have no answers at this time. Even we can draw the
following conclusions from the findings published by the State
Statistic Service that the country is simply bleeding.' Aram Sargsyan
makes a reference to the existing lines near the Russian migration
agencies in Armenia within `Compatriots' program. People, whom they
accept now to submit the papers, are invited to come in the end of
May. `Now, imagine how large the number of emigrants is. Under these
conditions, the current government has no right to put the head
resting on the cushion and sleep, they cannot say anymore that we know
what we're doing. And we see the result of your deeds. At least once a
month, the President of Armenia should come up with broadcast, present
his and the government's plans, and show results.' In fact, Aram
Sargsyan believes that Russia's former Ambassador gave the correct
answer to the Prime Minister of Armenia by saying, take a good care of
your people, let them not go and instead of putting the blame on us,
decide on how to do to keep your people in your country.
Nelly Grigoryan
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/01/11/163291/