ARMENIAN PREMIER PROMISES CHANGES

Arminfo
19 Apr 07

Yerevan, 19 April: If the Republican Party is given an opportunity
to implement its election platform, in four years the party will
double achievements that had been made in the last seven years. The
Armenian prime minister and chairman of the political council of the
Republican Party of Armenia [RPA], Serzh Sargsyan, said this during
a meeting with voters of Yerevan’s Qanaqer-Zeytun community.

He stressed that these achievements would not resolve all the
problems in the country. "You should run away from those who promise
miracles. Nobody has a magic stick, I haven’t myself either, to solve
all the problems immediately.

However, I promise that if we are elected, you will feel changes
every month," Sargsyan said.

He stressed that the party had always made realistic promises and
kept them.

The proof is the country’s two-digit economic growth. Sargsyan said
that funds owned by Armenians throughout the world amounts to 100bn
dollars, but even one per cent of this money is no being invested in
the country. "To ensure that these funds are invested in Armenia’s
economy, we have to win confidence both of outside forces and of
the Armenian people. Free and fair election will guarantee this. I
promise that the RPA will run in the election without falsifications
and violations of the electoral legislation," he said.

He called on the participants in the meeting to compare the platforms
of all the political forces and make a choice as their conscience
suggests.

Sargsyan said that many political forces had failed to implement
their platforms, pleading that they were not in power. But they could
have implemented their platforms assisting the authorities, Sargsyan
said. He also spoke about the necessity to create new jobs.

Then Sargsyan suddenly called on the participants in the meeting to
keep the city clean and obey traffic rules. "A thief who steals eggs
will steal a horse as well," Sargsyan said.