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    Armenia's ruling party should focus on government's activities - Gurgen Arsenyan

    12:44 * 23.03.14


    In an interview with Tert.am, Chairman of the United Workers' Party
    and Prosperous Armenia parliamentary group member Gurgen Arsenyan
    comments on the accusation that the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) is
    only demanding Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan's resignation.

    "Tigran Sargsyan was not elected by anyone. He was appointed. He
    himself said, 'I'll implement this program.' Tigran Sargsyan failed
    the programs. So we say, 'Replace the man who has failed the programs
    you announced, which has nearly brought the country to its knees.'"

    The four non-coalition parliamentary forces are severely critical of
    the situation in the country.

    "The four forces are speaking of the problems inside the country we
    are all concerned over - the authorities, government and so on. The
    country has an inefficient government without any clear purposes. And
    we are openly speaking of what reflects the opinion of 80% of the
    country's population. We voice this opinion from the political
    platform."

    The PAP, which is one of the four non-coalition forces, demands only
    Premier Tigran Sargsyan's resignation. It does not demand President
    Serzh Sargsyan's resignation. Is a complete change of power in
    question?

    "Tigran Sargsyan was not elected by anyone. He was appointed. He
    himself said, 'I'll implement this program.' Tigran Sargsyan failed
    the programs. So we say to this man, 'Replace the man who has failed
    the programs you announced, which has nearly brought the country to
    its knees.' We need another government and another program. We need a
    government that would realize the need for creating welfare in the
    country, rather than a government guided by financial instruments. But
    our government does not realize that it is only by creating welfare
    that it can ensure the population's prosperity and develop the
    country's economic potential."

    As to the possibility of demanding the government's resignation by
    means of rallies, Arsenyan said:

    "We are raising the issue of the government's resignation using the
    means at our hand - the Parliament. We should not forget that raising
    the issue in the format of political forces is the most effective way.
    This is a legal way. We are demanding the resignation of a government
    whose activities give rise to widespread discontent. That is, if we
    hold a referendum on the government's resignation, 80% of Armenia's
    population will express their discontent."

    With respect to repeated statements by the ruling Republican Party of
    Armenia (RPA) that the opposition forces are not united, Arsenyan
    said:

    "The ruling party should not look for unification among us. Rather,
    they should focus on their own activities because they bear political
    responsibility for the government. They should come to realize that
    the situation in Armenia because of the government's activities is
    much more important than relations within the PAP or between the PAP
    and Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) or with
    Armenian National Congress. If they are so much concerned over the
    results of dialogues, I see the need for differentiating. I offer RPA
    members to remember they are representing the country's population in
    Parliament. They must come to realize it is time for reforms in the
    country, the government's way of thinking. The current policy is only
    aimed at increasing emigration. But we are not so many, and we may
    just 'run out'."


    Armenian News - Tert.am

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