Superfluous stability could result in stagnation; president Sargsyan
20.12.2010,
17:40
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who is also Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, participated Saturday in a special event held to mark the 20th anniversary of the party.
YEREVAN, December 20, /ARKA/. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who is also Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, participated Saturday in a special event held to mark the 20th anniversary of the party. Addressing his party fellows Serzh Sargsyan said presence of a strong leading party provides for internal stability, which is very important.
“There can be no economic progress without that stability, therefore there can be no future. However today I see another danger. Superfluous stability could result in stagnation, a slow down, and still waters as a rule turn into swamp. We are not going to invent the bicycle,’ he said.
According to him, .‘the disease has a very simple cure – a well-developed democracy, a more active political dialogue, fervor for the creation of new development programs and persistent adaptation of the European standards into all areas of our political, social and economic lives. And I stress, it must be done with no exemptions or reservations.’
He also said that ‘We should be able on one hand to stay clear of revolutionary shocks since they brought no good to any country ever, on the other hand we must avoid the danger of marking time; we must increase our pace. Our way is the golden middle. If during the previous decades one would talk of the inaptitude of our society in some areas (by the way, there was probably some truth to it), today we have a rather accomplished and self-organized society, we have serious and established political and social forces, which are able and must elevate the country to a qualitatively new level. Among those forces the Republican Party of Armenia has its own special place; it’s well-known that from the one who has been given much, much will be demanded.’ -0-
“There can be no economic progress without that stability, therefore there can be no future. However today I see another danger. Superfluous stability could result in stagnation, a slow down, and still waters as a rule turn into swamp. We are not going to invent the bicycle,’ he said.
According to him, .‘the disease has a very simple cure – a well-developed democracy, a more active political dialogue, fervor for the creation of new development programs and persistent adaptation of the European standards into all areas of our political, social and economic lives. And I stress, it must be done with no exemptions or reservations.’
He also said that ‘We should be able on one hand to stay clear of revolutionary shocks since they brought no good to any country ever, on the other hand we must avoid the danger of marking time; we must increase our pace. Our way is the golden middle. If during the previous decades one would talk of the inaptitude of our society in some areas (by the way, there was probably some truth to it), today we have a rather accomplished and self-organized society, we have serious and established political and social forces, which are able and must elevate the country to a qualitatively new level. Among those forces the Republican Party of Armenia has its own special place; it’s well-known that from the one who has been given much, much will be demanded.’ -0-
