Examination for the minister

Yerkir
July 22, 2005

It seems that Science and Education Minister Sergo Yeritsian is really
scared of some media outlets; he failed again to notify several
newspapers, which have criticized him in the past, about an important
news conference he was to conduct.

It is hard to say which of this newspaper’s questions were to
particularly trouble the minister at the news conference he held on
the eve of university entry examinations. Or maybe he has lost his
“arguments” after he was reprimanded by the President’s Oversight
Department, which had revealed shortcomings in his performance. Or
maybe he is troubled by the fact that the public is taking more
seriously the reports depicting the fallbacks in this or that field.

Or — another possibility — he is worried by the example of the
Transportation and Telecommunications deputy minister who recently
resigned after media reports over his wrongdoings. It is really hard
to say what the source for Yeritsian’s fear is. But it is unlikely
that the minister would be able to correct his shortcomings —
provided that he is willing to — if he views some media outlets to be
friends and others to be foes.

To prove such willingness, this year, the minister has to organize
entry examinations better than all the other faulty examinations he
had organized in past years. Then, everything would be OK. Only time
will show whether the minister could realize this.