PARLIAMENT APPROVES GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OF ACTIONS FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS
ARMENPRESS
April 30, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 30, ARMENPRESS: By a vote of 88 to 3 the National
Assembly approved today the government program of actions for
2008-2012. The program was voted against by the oppositional
Zharangutyun (Heritage) party.
Parliament chairman Tigran Torosian said the National Assembly stands
ready to support implementation of this ‘very important program.’
Before voting took place prime minister Tigran Sarkisian said his
government will implement changes and will begin with government
members.
‘We shall expose our defects and we shall be keeping you informed on
how we are going to carry out this program,’ he said.
He thanked the parliament for interesting debates over the program and
their suggestions and remarks many of which that were incorporated
into it. He also thanked the opposition Heritage party for their
‘moral support to the new government,’ saying it is more obligative
than frequent criticism.
The Heritage party had said earlier it would not vote for the
program because it wants a program of actions that would enforce
system changes, but said it would help the government correct its
shortcomings.
The prime minister also thanked members of the political coalition
for supporting the program.
‘I am confident that soon our people will see that the government
has come to implement sweeping reforms,’ he concluded.