Masis Mayilyan: It is necessary to enhance society’s control on the government

30-06-2007 16:48:09 – KarabakhOpen

Masis Mayilyan, presidential candidate, visited the citizens who live
at the dormitory of Artsakh State University. He first saw all the
rooms and said it is impossible to live in such conditions. `People
cannot live in such conditions in the 21st century,’ said the
presidential candidate in a meeting with the residents. The residents
who are mainly refugees raised different questions. They said the
government built houses for them on an outskirt of Stepanakert but they
are reluctant to move into their new houses: `It is far from the city
and the conditions are not satisfactory.’ Masis Mayilyan said it is
possible to solve this problem taking into account the opinion of the
citizens. The residents of the dormitory are worried about the price of
bread, as well as the absence of Russian schools in Karabakh, which is
one of the reasons why many people leave the country. Masis Mayilyan
underlined his election program and said if he is elected he will take
into account the interests and rights of the Russian-speaking citizens.
`It is necessary to open Russian schools because it is one of the
reasons why Armenian refugees living outside Karabakh do not return to
their homeland. If we solve this problem, we will be able to improve
the demographic state as well,’ Masis Mayilyan said.

One of the young people was interested in the foreign policy of the
country. Questions related to it were asked during the meeting of the
presidential candidate with the students and professors of Artsakh
State University on Thursday. In answer to the question if the war may
start again Masis Mayilyan said it is always possible. `But if we
create a strong army, a country with developed and powerful economy,
the resumption of war will be less likely,’ Masis Mayilyan said.

The professors also raised the issue of their salaries. Masis Mayilyan
said the main wealth and resource of Karabakh is the intellectual
potential, which is built by the professors and teachers, who must get
a high salary.
With regard to agriculture and industry, he said besides providing soft
loans without collateral to farmers it is also necessary the create
agricultural machine pools and food processing units in the regions.
There is demand for such products in Russia and other countries. `In
market economy everything must be taken into account, including
consumption to start to produce a product,’ the presidential candidate
said.

One of the professors asked Masis Mayilyan to explain how the rule of
law will be established. According to him, the law must be applied to
everyone, and everyone must be equal before the law. Therefore, it is
necessary to conduct the right human resource policy. Honest and
patriotic professionals must work. It is necessary to enhance society’s
control on the government.

In a meeting with the presidential candidate on Thursday the residents
of Knunyants and Stepanyan streets of the capital complained of the
relation between the government and people. The residents complained of
the state of roofs and water supply. They said they had written a lot
of letters, tried to meet with people in charge but in vain. Masis
Mayilyan assured that if he is elected, he is not going to meet people
but people will meet him and tell about the problems they face.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress