‘LONGEVITY WAS NOT MARGARYAN’S MERIT’
Interviewer Diana Markosyan

A1+
[07:11 pm] 27 March, 2007

"The prime minister’s post is a complete drama: out of 10 prime
ministers only 3 were able to survive the office. They were Gagik
Harutyunyan, Armen Darbinyan and Aram Sargsyan,’ RA ex-prime minister
Hrant Bagratyan mentioned taking into account the health state of
RA ministers.

He shared his contemplations with journalist of A1+.

– How do you see Andranik Margaryan both as a politician and economist?

– You know, besides being an Armenian, citizen of Yerevan, he was
also the figure to struggle for the RA independence. He had a gift
of balancing things in the government. He clearly cognized the issues
of our independence and respectively he would come to the conclusion
that independence, democracy and marketing were interrelated.

-What changes are due to come after his death?

– It is difficult to answer as I do not see any Armenian to have done
so much for the independence of the country. This doesn’t exclude
better prospective, either. In this respect, not only his family
suffers his loss but also the latter will still have its " yields"
for Armenia.

– The name of next prime minister is already circulating. Do you
think Serj Sargsyan is the right person to take over?

– He is likely to do it better than any other politician from
coalition.

– RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan has been in the post
the longest. Does this prove him to be the best or just the most
resilient one?

– We should realize two things: every period of prime ministry office
is both harder and more unique. After all, it is not the longevity
that should prove oneself. His principle merit was his strategic
viewpoints towards democracy and economy.

We should not make judgements on the longevity. He has lived both
hard times and good times: they are just incomparable.