Coming months will be very difficult for new Armenian prime minister
14.09.2016,
13:10
Although Armenia’s newly-appointed prime minister Karen Karapetyan is said to have been given carte blanche by president Serzh Sargsyan to make up his government and implement reforms, the premier is between Scylla and Charybdis, according to Sergey Minasyan from the Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute.
YEREVAN, September 14. /ARKA/. Although Armenia’s newly-appointed prime minister Karen Karapetyan is said to have been given carte blanche by president Serzh Sargsyan to make up his government and implement reforms, the premier is between Scylla and Charybdis, according to Sergey Minasyan from the Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute.
"Amid the worsening political and socio-economic crisis in the country, the government is supposed to be headed by a person capable of meeting the expectations of the public at large. And although, by giving him carte blanche the president indicated that the authorities are willing to see changes, it is obvious that the Armenian society is expecting more radical reforms ", Minasyan said.
According to him, a mismatch of expectations can lead to new problems. And although Karen Karapetyan is considered, at least formally, a person "outside the system", and relatively free, the coming months will be very difficult for him.
"Officially it is announced that radical personnel changes will follow. The first indicator of the authorities’ desire to live up to this promise will the composition of the new Cabinet, which will be unveiled, in all likelihood, in late September.", Minasyan said in comments on rumors that 80% of the government will be changed . -0-
"Amid the worsening political and socio-economic crisis in the country, the government is supposed to be headed by a person capable of meeting the expectations of the public at large. And although, by giving him carte blanche the president indicated that the authorities are willing to see changes, it is obvious that the Armenian society is expecting more radical reforms ", Minasyan said.
According to him, a mismatch of expectations can lead to new problems. And although Karen Karapetyan is considered, at least formally, a person "outside the system", and relatively free, the coming months will be very difficult for him.
"Officially it is announced that radical personnel changes will follow. The first indicator of the authorities’ desire to live up to this promise will the composition of the new Cabinet, which will be unveiled, in all likelihood, in late September.", Minasyan said in comments on rumors that 80% of the government will be changed . -0-
