Armenia's public administration system is not efficient, political analyst says
10.01.2020,
18:26
Armenia's public administration system is not efficient, political analyst Vigen Hakobyan said at a press conference on Friday.
YEREVAN, January 10. /ARKA/. Armenia's public administration system is not efficient, political analyst Vigen Hakobyan said at a press conference on Friday.
On December 12, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused the government and law-enforcement agencies of sabotaging the fight against corruption, economic policies and reforms initiated by him. He also said that all economic successes were achieved… in spite of the state governance system.
According to Hakobyan, one thing is clear- if one or another government agency is ineffective, the first thing to be done is to change ministers, their deputies and so on.
Hakobyan said there are doubts that some senior government officials intentionally do things that damage the image of Pashinyan's administration, but he refused to name them. Hakobyan stressed also that during the "post-revolutionary" period only one minister was replaced - justice minister Artak Zeynalyan, who was not from Pashinyan's political team.
“If he (Pashinyan) is unhappy about his ministers, why doesn't he replace them?” Hakobyan wondered. "If the whole system sabotages the fight against corruption, economic policies and reforms, then who secures those economic growth indicators, which the prime minister presents as unprecedented? There is a lot of contradicting statements," said Hakobyan.
In this context, he recalled the resignation of Pashinyan's press secretary Vladimir Karapetyan, saying this may be a sign that some changes are beginning. -0-
On December 12, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused the government and law-enforcement agencies of sabotaging the fight against corruption, economic policies and reforms initiated by him. He also said that all economic successes were achieved… in spite of the state governance system.
According to Hakobyan, one thing is clear- if one or another government agency is ineffective, the first thing to be done is to change ministers, their deputies and so on.
Hakobyan said there are doubts that some senior government officials intentionally do things that damage the image of Pashinyan's administration, but he refused to name them. Hakobyan stressed also that during the "post-revolutionary" period only one minister was replaced - justice minister Artak Zeynalyan, who was not from Pashinyan's political team.
“If he (Pashinyan) is unhappy about his ministers, why doesn't he replace them?” Hakobyan wondered. "If the whole system sabotages the fight against corruption, economic policies and reforms, then who secures those economic growth indicators, which the prime minister presents as unprecedented? There is a lot of contradicting statements," said Hakobyan.
In this context, he recalled the resignation of Pashinyan's press secretary Vladimir Karapetyan, saying this may be a sign that some changes are beginning. -0-
