ACCORDING TO ARTUR BAGHDASARIAN’S PREELECTION PROGRAM, IT IS ENVISAGED TO FREE OF CHARGE GIVE APARTMENT AND CAR TO FAMILIES HAVING 6th CHILD

Noyan Tapan
Jan 21, 2008

YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Bribery, corruption will be
liquidated, order will be established in Armenia in case Artur
Baghdasarian, the Chairman of the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law)
party, a candidate for presidency, is elected. The OYP leader made
such a statement at the January 21 presentation of his preelection
program. In particular, he said that according to the results
of studies conducted by a number of international and Armenian
organizations, the tax and customs spheres are the most corrupted
ones in Armenia. According to A. Baghdasarian, especially in these
spheres we should consistently fight bribery.

The candidate for presidency stated that amalgamation of business
takes place in the recent years, in consequence of which small and
medium-sized enterprises are liquidated. According to him, the created
economic monopolies belong to the authorities or "oligarch groupings"
supporting them. As A. Baghdasarian stated, his preelection program
mentioned that the rights of importing monopolists should be limited,
local industry should be restored and export of local production
should be initiated. In response to the question of what he is going
to do, in case of being elected, for instance, with a monopoly company
importing granulated sugar, A. Baghdasarian said that the latter
will have a possibility to continue importing granulated sugar, but
a number of other individuals or organizations will be also engaged
in that business.

The OYP leader stated that he is very anxious about the current
demographic picture of Armenia. "Today death rate exceeds birth rate
and if it goes on like this, the RA population will decrease by nearly
600 thousand in several years," A. Baghdasarian said. He mentioned
that by his preelection program he proposes to establish a lump sum
aid of 700 thousand drams for the birth of each 5th child in a family
and 1m drams (nearly 3.3 thousand dollars) for the 6th child. Besides,
according to the program, it is envisaged to free of charge give an
apartment and a car to families having the 6th child.