KARABAKH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROMISES TO IMPROVE DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION

Mediamax news agency
16 Jul 07

Yerevan, 16 July: A presidential candidate in the Nagornyy Karabakh
republic (NKR), Bako Sahakyan, considers the demographic situation
to be "the sorest point for our country".

Answering questions from readers of [Nagornyy Karabakh’s] Azat Artsakh
newspaper, Bako Sahakyan noted that the resolution of the given
problem was one of the basic components of his election programme.

A total of 300,000 drams is to be allocated to each newly-married
couple, Bako Sahakyan said. In case the third and the fourth children
are born in a family, the state will allocate 3,000 and 4,000 drams
respectively. The parents will receive part of the money right away
and will get the rest in the form of a bank deposit registered in
the child’s name.

The NKR presidential candidate noted that his election programme
provides for a fivefold increase in mortgage loans.

Another NKR presidential candidate, Masis Mailyan, said that "there
is an urgent need for large-scale reforms in all spheres without
exception in our country".

Answering questions of readers of Azat Artsakh newspaper, Masis Mailyan
said that "we will fulfil our most important mission of reforming
and strengthening our country, establishing in Artsakh the rule of
constitutional order and law".

"Some people do not like that, but there is no alternative, and we
will realize those reforms," Masis Mailyan stressed.