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INTERESTING APPOINTMENT IN PRESIDENT OFFICE
Hakob Badalyan
Lragir.am News
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments23805.html
18:23:38 - 17/10/2011
The position of the chief of staff of the president of Armenia, vacant
for over a month, was finally filled. The new chief of staff is Vigen
Sargsyan, the ex-deputy chief of staff. After Karen Karapetyan's
dismissal, he was the acting chief of staff.
Vigen Sargsyan has been in the president staff since Robert Kocharyan's
office. He was assistant to Robert Kocharyan.
By the way, an interesting event coincided with his appointment. On
the day when Serzh Sargsyan's decree was published, the next U.S.
ambassador to Armenia John Heffern arrived in Yerevan and handed his
letter of accreditation to the foreign minister Nalbandyan.
An interesting rotation took place in the position of the chief of
staff. The ex-chief of staff Karen Karapetyan is the representative
of the Russian stream. His brother is a billionaire in Russia, and
his wealth was the main guarantee of Karen Karapetyan's promotion.
The target was the position of the prime minister reported by the
Armenian press for several years now. However, Karen Karapetyan's
flight was till the chief of staff of the president, which was a
high flight for a person with his caliber and potential. Meanwhile,
the issue of the position of the prime minister perhaps emerged in the
result of the new logic which is present in both global and regional,
and subsequently in the Armenian political processes. These processes
are rich in strategic targets, which make material wealth insufficient
to solve such issues.
Vigen Sargsyan is the representative of the Western stream. In this
sense, perhaps it is worthwhile to remember a letter sent by email to
the Armenian media. Some of them published this letter which presented
Vigen Sargsyan as someone who works for the United States. However,
independent from this suspicious anonymous letter, it is obvious that
Vigen Sargsyan is a representative of the so-called Western stream
who now takes up the position of the chief of staff.
By the way, this situation reminds the Soviet years when the leaders
of the Soviet states were Armenians while the second persons were
Russians and represented the center.
The situation is not absolutely the same but there is a similarity.
Now Vigen Sargsyan who was on the second step in the president
administration is now appointed as chief of staff of the president.
The fact that this vacancy is filled after a month is evidence
that this appointment is not a mere issue of HR administration but
a political issue which requires internal, perhaps also external
multi-vector political discussions.
It does not mean that by this appointment Armenia faced the West
or those discussions were as important and significant as those on
Karabakh. In reality, the process has many layers to draw such simple
conclusions. Simply this appointment must be taken into consideration
as an interesting episode of possible tendencies.
Hakob Badalyan
Lragir.am News
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments23805.html
18:23:38 - 17/10/2011
The position of the chief of staff of the president of Armenia, vacant
for over a month, was finally filled. The new chief of staff is Vigen
Sargsyan, the ex-deputy chief of staff. After Karen Karapetyan's
dismissal, he was the acting chief of staff.
Vigen Sargsyan has been in the president staff since Robert Kocharyan's
office. He was assistant to Robert Kocharyan.
By the way, an interesting event coincided with his appointment. On
the day when Serzh Sargsyan's decree was published, the next U.S.
ambassador to Armenia John Heffern arrived in Yerevan and handed his
letter of accreditation to the foreign minister Nalbandyan.
An interesting rotation took place in the position of the chief of
staff. The ex-chief of staff Karen Karapetyan is the representative
of the Russian stream. His brother is a billionaire in Russia, and
his wealth was the main guarantee of Karen Karapetyan's promotion.
The target was the position of the prime minister reported by the
Armenian press for several years now. However, Karen Karapetyan's
flight was till the chief of staff of the president, which was a
high flight for a person with his caliber and potential. Meanwhile,
the issue of the position of the prime minister perhaps emerged in the
result of the new logic which is present in both global and regional,
and subsequently in the Armenian political processes. These processes
are rich in strategic targets, which make material wealth insufficient
to solve such issues.
Vigen Sargsyan is the representative of the Western stream. In this
sense, perhaps it is worthwhile to remember a letter sent by email to
the Armenian media. Some of them published this letter which presented
Vigen Sargsyan as someone who works for the United States. However,
independent from this suspicious anonymous letter, it is obvious that
Vigen Sargsyan is a representative of the so-called Western stream
who now takes up the position of the chief of staff.
By the way, this situation reminds the Soviet years when the leaders
of the Soviet states were Armenians while the second persons were
Russians and represented the center.
The situation is not absolutely the same but there is a similarity.
Now Vigen Sargsyan who was on the second step in the president
administration is now appointed as chief of staff of the president.
The fact that this vacancy is filled after a month is evidence
that this appointment is not a mere issue of HR administration but
a political issue which requires internal, perhaps also external
multi-vector political discussions.
It does not mean that by this appointment Armenia faced the West
or those discussions were as important and significant as those on
Karabakh. In reality, the process has many layers to draw such simple
conclusions. Simply this appointment must be taken into consideration
as an interesting episode of possible tendencies.