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UNEMPLOYMENT, EMIGRATION, POVERTY, HIGH-LEVEL CORRUPTION MAJOR CHALLENGES TO ARMENIA'S GOVERNMENT - PREMIER
22:09 ~U 14.11.13
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan delivered a concluding speech
at the parliamentary debate on the 2014 draft budget on Thursday.
Unemployment, emigration, poverty and high-level corruption remain
major challenges to Armenia's government.
However, Armenia's premier advised the parliamentary opposition to hold
discussions in a more constructive vein as criticism is of no benefit.
"These are most serious challenges that impede our country's progress.
We admit the problems thereby creating difficulties for our opponents.
They are trying to find other grave problems - often without any
grounds - which cannot facilitate a dialogue with the authorities,"
the premier said.
"In any case the debates enable the government to identify the strong
and weak points of its program and form a clearer idea of the problems
highlighted by our parliament members," the premier said.
The government is ready to participate in parliamentary debates.
"Eloquent statements will not bring any benefit, which has been the
case for the past 23 years. The opponents applying this tactics will
fail. It is easy to criticize the government because the problems
do exist in the country. We agree with the criticism because we are
pointing out the same problems as well. But we have different ideas
of the ways of resolving the problems," Armenia's premier concluded.
He thanked the Armenian parliament and Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
personally.
Armenian News - Tert.am
22:09 ~U 14.11.13
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan delivered a concluding speech
at the parliamentary debate on the 2014 draft budget on Thursday.
Unemployment, emigration, poverty and high-level corruption remain
major challenges to Armenia's government.
However, Armenia's premier advised the parliamentary opposition to hold
discussions in a more constructive vein as criticism is of no benefit.
"These are most serious challenges that impede our country's progress.
We admit the problems thereby creating difficulties for our opponents.
They are trying to find other grave problems - often without any
grounds - which cannot facilitate a dialogue with the authorities,"
the premier said.
"In any case the debates enable the government to identify the strong
and weak points of its program and form a clearer idea of the problems
highlighted by our parliament members," the premier said.
The government is ready to participate in parliamentary debates.
"Eloquent statements will not bring any benefit, which has been the
case for the past 23 years. The opponents applying this tactics will
fail. It is easy to criticize the government because the problems
do exist in the country. We agree with the criticism because we are
pointing out the same problems as well. But we have different ideas
of the ways of resolving the problems," Armenia's premier concluded.
He thanked the Armenian parliament and Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
personally.
Armenian News - Tert.am