SERGE SARGSYAN. "COMPETE IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR CAPACITIES"
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[08:40 pm] 12 September, 2007
"Heydar Aliev’s wishes did not come true",- announced the RA Prime
Minister at the NA today. He reminded Aliev’s promise to equalize
Azerbaijan’s 2008 military budget with the RA whole budget. The
2008 RA budget, according to Serge Sargsyan, will be in 2,5 milliard
dollars. While Azerbaijan’s military budget in 2008 will be 1 milliard
dollars. "That means that Aliev’s wish did not come true".
The RA military budget will be 400 million dollars as was the whole
RA budget in 1998. Answering to the question of the representative of
"Orinats Yerkir" party related to the developing economy of Azerbaijan
due to oil and the possible threat on Nagorno-Karabakh, Serge Sargsyan
said: "Nothing threatens Nagorno-Karabakh’s safety". He also informed
that no developments were registered in Karabakh conflict settlement
process.
In his inquiry, Mher Shahgeldyan, a deputy used the phrase "the society
is seriously concerned with Karabakh problem". "I do not agree with
you since there are political powers, parties and individuals who
do not care of Karabakh, and will be happy if the war restarts and
we fail in it", said the Prime Minister. Later the journalists tried
to find out who Serge Sargsyan meant: "You know better, than I do",
replied the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister answered to the question of the opposition himself
since they were of political character. He answered to the question
of Larisa Alaverdyan referring those citizens who where deprived
of their properties for the state needs and noticed that everything
needed was done to solve that problem and advised Mrs Alaverdyan not
to follow mass media, but meet citizens.
The Prime Minister was annoyed by the question of the representative
of "Heritage" party Styopa Safaryan, regarding the number 19 polling
station. When during pre-election period in Talin the "Republican
Party of Armenia" demanded to vote for Khachik Manukyan.
"Why don’t you compete in compliance with your capacities? Do you
enjoy talking about your failure?", said Serge Sargsyan and advised to
forget about post-election processes. Safaryan noted that he talked
about pre-election processes. "If you had noticed fraud cases, you
would have applied to court", said Serge Sargsyan and added that the
opposition representative agreed with the decisions of the Central
Electoral Commission.