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    THREAT AGAINST NATIONAL SECURITY
    Hakob Badalyan

    Lragir.am
    03 July 06

    Fluctuations in the rhythm of settlement of the Karabakh conflict
    cause a feeling of insecurity in the society that the war may start.

    And it is not important whether the danger is real or invented. In
    such a situation the society is mostly interested to what degree
    the country is defended, which is quite natural. It is also natural,
    when officials who are in charge of defense of the country react to
    the expectations of the society.

    The reaction of the minister of defense came soon, and on June 30
    Serge Sargsyan delivered diplomas to the graduate officers of the
    Military Institute and made several important statements about the
    effectiveness of the Armed Forces of Armenia and further enhancement.

    He also stated that recent activity in the settlement of the conflict
    is not a reason to think that the war will start again. However, not
    all the statements of Serge Sargsyan arouse a feeling of confidence
    in the society that their security is guaranteed. Moreover, certain
    statements of the defense minister cause worries about the country's
    security and reliability of the system of defense generally. It is
    not just a matter of effectiveness of the army.

    No doubt, the Armenian army is not weaker than our neighbors', it
    may even be stronger. The problem is quite different. The ministry
    of defense is building a new administrative compound. Serge Sargsyan
    announced that it will be ready by the fall of 2007. The compound
    costs several millions of dollars, even several tens of millions. The
    minister of defense announced June 30 that the compound is not funded
    from the state budget. In other words, the taxpayers do not cover
    the expenses. This is strangely accepted positively in Armenia. In
    case of immense expenditures the government announces consciously or
    subconsciously that the budget money was not spent. In other words,
    the money of taxpayers was not spent. In fact, it would be quite
    logical if the money of taxpayers was spent for the country, because
    it is said that the one who pays orders music. Consequently, the
    expenditures of the government that are not covered by taxpayers are
    not for the state or will be controlled by the source, which gave the
    money. If the government does something, which is not for the state,
    who is it for? And if it is for the state, on what conditions does
    the government borrow the money and how is the state going to repay?

    This fact appears more important for such a sphere as defense. In
    fact, the building of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia is not
    built by our taxpayers. So it is interesting to know who builds and
    if there is a guarantee that the Ministry of Defense of Armenia
    will first defend the interest of the builder, then the citizens
    of Armenia if necessity arises. Logically, the citizens must feed
    the system of defense with the taxes they pay, including buildings,
    weapon, etc., for the ministry of defense to be accountable before
    the citizens. There is no other mechanism of accountability between
    the government and the citizens. If a citizen refuses to sustain this
    government, naturally it cannot demand accountability. Most probably,
    this is the reason why our public officials make a statement that the
    money of taxpayers was not spend, which is illogical on the one hand,
    but quite logical on the other hand. Hence, the public officials
    avoid coming up before citizens, and in this case it is unimportant
    who they are responsible before. For we have already a direct threat
    against our national security.
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