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NEW ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT'S POLICY PROGRAM APPROVED BY PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN, May 22. / ARKA /. By a vote of 70 to 1 and 2 abstentions
Armenia's National Assembly has passed today the government's plan
of actions for 2014-2017.
The parliamentary minority represented by the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), the Armenian National Congress,
the Prosperous Armenia and the Heritage parties did not participate
in the voting. The plan was backed by members of the Republican Party
of Armenia that controls 70 seats in 131-member legislature.
Hrant Bagratyan from the oppositional Armenian National Congress and
Alexander Arzumanyan from Heritage participated in the voting but
abstained saying they saw 'sound elements' in the program.
Karen Botoyan from Country of Law said he had walked out from his
faction because of going to vote for the program.
The plan of actions calls for priority growth rate due to a 5 percent
medium-term growth from 2014 to 2017. It envisages also a gradual
rise of the minimum wage to 65,000 drams and reduction of poverty by
10 percentage point.
The 2014 budget approved earlier this year calls for a 5.2% GDP
growth. The minimum wage was raised lust summer to 45,000 drams and
according to official data; the poverty rate is above 32 percent now.
The new government's program's focus is on ensuring fair wages,
agricultural sector, small and medium-sized businesses, information
technology, tourism and many other areas. \A special attention will be
paid also to proportional development of the regions of the country
as well as to ensuring an effective system for protection of human
rights and justice.
The new program offers a set of new tools designed to improve the
situation in such areas as social protection, health , education
and science.
Hovik Abrahamyan was appointed prime minister on April 13 replacing
former head of the government Tigran Sarkisian. According to
the Constitution, the new government was formed within twenty
days after the appointment of prime minister.-0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/new_armenian_government_s_policy_program_approved_ by_parliament_/#sthash.XWHv7lMA.dpuf
YEREVAN, May 22. / ARKA /. By a vote of 70 to 1 and 2 abstentions
Armenia's National Assembly has passed today the government's plan
of actions for 2014-2017.
The parliamentary minority represented by the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), the Armenian National Congress,
the Prosperous Armenia and the Heritage parties did not participate
in the voting. The plan was backed by members of the Republican Party
of Armenia that controls 70 seats in 131-member legislature.
Hrant Bagratyan from the oppositional Armenian National Congress and
Alexander Arzumanyan from Heritage participated in the voting but
abstained saying they saw 'sound elements' in the program.
Karen Botoyan from Country of Law said he had walked out from his
faction because of going to vote for the program.
The plan of actions calls for priority growth rate due to a 5 percent
medium-term growth from 2014 to 2017. It envisages also a gradual
rise of the minimum wage to 65,000 drams and reduction of poverty by
10 percentage point.
The 2014 budget approved earlier this year calls for a 5.2% GDP
growth. The minimum wage was raised lust summer to 45,000 drams and
according to official data; the poverty rate is above 32 percent now.
The new government's program's focus is on ensuring fair wages,
agricultural sector, small and medium-sized businesses, information
technology, tourism and many other areas. \A special attention will be
paid also to proportional development of the regions of the country
as well as to ensuring an effective system for protection of human
rights and justice.
The new program offers a set of new tools designed to improve the
situation in such areas as social protection, health , education
and science.
Hovik Abrahamyan was appointed prime minister on April 13 replacing
former head of the government Tigran Sarkisian. According to
the Constitution, the new government was formed within twenty
days after the appointment of prime minister.-0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/new_armenian_government_s_policy_program_approved_ by_parliament_/#sthash.XWHv7lMA.dpuf