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HAK MPS PEPPER PRIME MINISTER WITH QUESTIONS AT TODAY'S PARLIAMENTARY HEARING
hetq
13:38, June 20, 2012
Aram Manoukyan, head of the HAK parliamentary faction, appeared to be
in a fighting mood today as he peppered PM Sargsyan with questions
regarding the government's past track record and upcoming five year
strategy plan.
"It is because of what you have done that 69,000 people have already
flown out of Armenia this year. This is an 18% over 2011, declared
Manoukyan.
The HAK official then rhetorically asked the Prime Minister, "If you
were the president what would you do to a prime minister who questions
whether it isn't better to let these people leave rather than staying
and creating a critical mass to stage a revolution?"
Prime Minister Sargsyan responded that everyone knows when the exodus
started and that more people left in the years 1990-1995 than now.
Sargsyan added that the 2009 financial crisis also spurred emigration
from the country and that job creation was of paramount importance
in stemming the outflow.
The government head noted that the quote mentioned by Manoukyan had
been incorrectly transcribed by the 168 Zham newspaper and that the
publication had issued a retraction.
hetq
13:38, June 20, 2012
Aram Manoukyan, head of the HAK parliamentary faction, appeared to be
in a fighting mood today as he peppered PM Sargsyan with questions
regarding the government's past track record and upcoming five year
strategy plan.
"It is because of what you have done that 69,000 people have already
flown out of Armenia this year. This is an 18% over 2011, declared
Manoukyan.
The HAK official then rhetorically asked the Prime Minister, "If you
were the president what would you do to a prime minister who questions
whether it isn't better to let these people leave rather than staying
and creating a critical mass to stage a revolution?"
Prime Minister Sargsyan responded that everyone knows when the exodus
started and that more people left in the years 1990-1995 than now.
Sargsyan added that the 2009 financial crisis also spurred emigration
from the country and that job creation was of paramount importance
in stemming the outflow.
The government head noted that the quote mentioned by Manoukyan had
been incorrectly transcribed by the 168 Zham newspaper and that the
publication had issued a retraction.