VAHAN HOVHANNESIAN PROMISES WIDE CHANGES IN HIS CAMPAIGN IN EJMIATSIN
Yerkir
04.02.2008 16:38
Yerevan (Yerkir) – Presidential candidate Vahan Hovhannesian was
campaigning in Ejmiatsin on February 4, starting from the village
of Parakar.
Everybody is unhappy with this situation, he said, and everybody wants
changes, he said. "Corruption, nepotism, pressures do not allow to
invest in industry and live freely," Hovhannesian said. "These things
began in 1990s but this does not justify the incumbent authorities,
who say it is normal if the situation continues like this. I say,
it not right. Our country’s development is legging behind."
He said the people are now facing a dilemma to choose between the
band and the worse. But the choice should be between the good and
the bad. "I have a clear program, a team of qualified people and I
am able to reform this country within a year if I win because I have
a clean biography and I am free of any pressure," he went on saying.
When asked to share his view on the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, Hovhannesian said: "First of all, I will offer Azerbaijan to
sign a pact for not resuming the war, so that the issue is settled
only through peaceful means. Otherwise, if Azerbaijan continues
its belligerent rhetoric, it will allow me to forget about any
concessions. Armenia always says it is ready for compromise, and
Azerbaijan, while saying the same, speaks about the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijani in the boundaries of the Soviet time. I
will then raise the issue of Nagorno Karabakh’s participation in all
negotiations. Azerbaijan’s aggressiveness towards Armenia is inspired
by Turkey. To reach our goals, I see it vital to conduct flexible
policies with NATO and European Union."
Ara Nranian, a member of the ARF faction in parliament, said when
speaking in the village of Artimet: "The school in this village was
restored with the help of the ARF, the sports hall will be restored
soon. We have a concrete program in all the sectors of our life,
including the banking sector, economy and others."
Addressing the residents of Atimet, Hovhannesian said: "Our people
keep hearing that the economy is growing. Why doesn’t that economic
growth reflected in my life? The economic growth is seen only in the
circle of a handful of people. They would buy houses in Tsakhkadzor,
now they buy houses in Miami."