Armenian leader says devolution of power needed

Mediamax news agency
19 Mar 04

YEREVAN

The country leadership will continue the policy of devolution of
power, Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said in Yerevan today.

At a working session today with the leadership of Yerevan’s Kentron
(Centre) community, the Armenian president said: “It is obvious that
the government should not deal with day-to-day problems of the
people. But, the government should ensure the implementation of credit
programmes in the sphere of water supply, heating and so on. However,
self-government bodies should be responsible for their
implementation,” the head of state said.

Passage omitted: similar ideas are reiterated