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DEFENSE MINISTRY WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PROS AND CONS OF MPS AND PUBLIC WHEN DRAFTING FINAL VERSION OF ITS BUDGET FOR 2015
YEREVAN, 17 October. / ARKA /. The Armenian defense ministry will take
into account the pros and cons of parliamentarians and the public at
large when drafting the final version of its budget for 2015, defense
minister Seyran Ohanyan said on Friday during a parliamentary hearing
on "Planning for defense budgeting and effective cost control."
He stressed that his agency has never avoided parliamentary or public
hearings on the armed forces, when the army may be criticized harshly.
"This criticism is sometimes objective and sometimes biased, but we
never avoid public hearings because in order to solve our problems
we must also listen to public opinion, to get our parliament involved
in this process," he said.
The minister said he always tries to be personally present at such
discussions and following them he convenes the army brass for seeking
solutions to problems voiced. He said the reforms in the army are
not an imitation.
"We really work, and if something does not work there are obvious
reasons behind it, which we can overcome by getting the parliament
and the public at large involved in this process," said the minister.
The preliminary version of the 2015 budget approved by the government
on September 25 calls for 1.184 trillion drams in revenue and 1.298
trillion drams in spending. The projected budget deficit is 114.1
billion drams. ($ 1 - 409.3 drams) -0-
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YEREVAN, 17 October. / ARKA /. The Armenian defense ministry will take
into account the pros and cons of parliamentarians and the public at
large when drafting the final version of its budget for 2015, defense
minister Seyran Ohanyan said on Friday during a parliamentary hearing
on "Planning for defense budgeting and effective cost control."
He stressed that his agency has never avoided parliamentary or public
hearings on the armed forces, when the army may be criticized harshly.
"This criticism is sometimes objective and sometimes biased, but we
never avoid public hearings because in order to solve our problems
we must also listen to public opinion, to get our parliament involved
in this process," he said.
The minister said he always tries to be personally present at such
discussions and following them he convenes the army brass for seeking
solutions to problems voiced. He said the reforms in the army are
not an imitation.
"We really work, and if something does not work there are obvious
reasons behind it, which we can overcome by getting the parliament
and the public at large involved in this process," said the minister.
The preliminary version of the 2015 budget approved by the government
on September 25 calls for 1.184 trillion drams in revenue and 1.298
trillion drams in spending. The projected budget deficit is 114.1
billion drams. ($ 1 - 409.3 drams) -0-
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