Armenian government composition likely to be changed
18.01.2016,
16:00
Stepan Safaryan, the head of the Armenian Institute for International and Security Issues, said today the composition of the Armenian government is very likely to be changed because ‘it failed to fulfill the tasks it was supposed to.’
YEREVAN, January 18. /ARKA /. Stepan Safaryan, the head of the Armenian Institute for International and Security Issues, said today the composition of the Armenian government is very likely to be changed because ‘it failed to fulfill the tasks it was supposed to.’
"The government of prime minister Ovik Abrahamyan was to ensure the continuation of reforms, the inflow of foreign direct investment and economic growth. Nothing of this has been accomplished. The ruling party needs now a new government that will be able to face all the modern challenges,’ Safaryan told reporters.
Safaryan said before the crucial parliamentary elections scheduled for 2017 the ruling Republican Party of Armenia needs a new government with a big vote of confidence. According to him, the current ‘government of oligarchs" will never accept the new rules of the game, and their "showdowns" after the constitutional referendum became apparent to all.
According to Safaryan, all types of reshuffles are possible as well as emergence of new forces. As for ambitions of Ara Abrahamyan, a wealthy Russian businessman of Armenian origin, who is also the chairman of the Union of Armenians of Russia, he may get a chance, but is very unlikely to replicate the success of the former leader of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan because of his Russian citizenship.
The current government of Armenia was formed in the spring of 2014. -0-
"The government of prime minister Ovik Abrahamyan was to ensure the continuation of reforms, the inflow of foreign direct investment and economic growth. Nothing of this has been accomplished. The ruling party needs now a new government that will be able to face all the modern challenges,’ Safaryan told reporters.
Safaryan said before the crucial parliamentary elections scheduled for 2017 the ruling Republican Party of Armenia needs a new government with a big vote of confidence. According to him, the current ‘government of oligarchs" will never accept the new rules of the game, and their "showdowns" after the constitutional referendum became apparent to all.
According to Safaryan, all types of reshuffles are possible as well as emergence of new forces. As for ambitions of Ara Abrahamyan, a wealthy Russian businessman of Armenian origin, who is also the chairman of the Union of Armenians of Russia, he may get a chance, but is very unlikely to replicate the success of the former leader of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan because of his Russian citizenship.
The current government of Armenia was formed in the spring of 2014. -0-
