Recently the water service to Ararat Cement factory that belongs to PA chair Gagik Tsarukyan was ceased. But it was fixed in a day. This step is already labeled as persecution of the business activity of Tsarukyan, which they believe happened when the PA criticized the RPA in its party congress.
The question “What is the lesson of Ukraine” is often heard in almost all post-soviet states. This matter should concern both the Armenian government and opposition. But we see that the Armenian politicians not only don’t answer any of those questions but also close their ears in order not to even hear the question. And it should first of all be the Armenian government that should learn lessons from Ukraine.
“Ukraine was not the defeat of Russia (not by any means); Ukraine was Putin’s personal defeat, the defeat of his virtual politics”,- said Mr Dubnov.
When they speak about consolidation, I am asking how and what is the ideology that may consolidate us. Consolidation cannot be around a person. There has been consolidation in our society but around a party leader and for the sake of changing the power
The recent bill on compulsory pension fund creation launched political processes which highlight the fact that Armenia’s governance is poor and the government is anti-democratic. President Serzh Sargsyan openly announced that 80 per cent of the society is against this proposal, and that the government is minority.
The parliamentary four non-government political parties failed to come to an agreement on bringing up a bill to start a process of impeachment. The official explanation is that these powers have decided to let the ANC develop their decision on creation of a commission to look into the events of March 1 as the anniversary is closer.
Raffi K. Hovannisian today received a visiting delegation of British legislators headed by John Whittingdale, leader of the British group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The delegation included Baroness Gloria Hooper and Lord Richard Faulkner of the House of Lords and Harriett Baldwin and Stephen Pound of the House of Commo
It means the capital avoids our country and is moved to other countries and serves the boon of other nations,” mentioned Tsarukyan. Everything is right. Moreover, Tsarukyan has even presented everything in milder colors. He could have said that not only the foreign capital avoids investments but even the existing Armenian capital is diminishing. Gagik Tsarukayn himself invests a lot in different countries.
One year ago, on February 18, 2013, there was presidential election in Armenia, as a result of which the incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan won the election in the first vote. Formally the second candidate after the president that lost the election was Raffi Hovhannisyan, who in spite of many forecasts collected 540,000 votes (37 per cent). In fact one year ago the one who lost the election for Serzh Sargsyan was not Raffi Hovhannisyan but the Armenian society.
“I do not think the RPA will be ready to leave the power till the next national elections. Do they have the potential to understand that they have to change or we will lose our state or the historical opportunity of state building? Or, if they do not understand this, there will be greater emigration from the country,” says Artur Martirosyan of Boston, a negotiation expert, senior advisor to CM&Partners company.
