TIGRAN SARGSYAN: WE SHOULDN’T BE TOLERANT TO BUREAUCRACY OF STATE MACHINE IN WORK WITH BUSINESS

ArmInfo
2009-02-10 15:30:00

ArmInfo. "We shouldn’t be tolerant to bureaucracy of the state
machine in the work with business",- Armenian Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan said during presentation of the annual reports of heads
of governmental departments. The prime minister also pointed out
the drop of Armenia’s position in the Doing Business 2009 rating,
where Armenia held the 44th place as against the 41st place in
2008. To recall, the Doing Business rating reflects the degree of
business conduct easiness in the country. "One shouldn’t close eyes
to the weak sides of the state machine. Various types of bureaucratic
"wires" formed due to the shortcomings in legislation and in practice
can and should be removed. If our neighbor countries can do this,
we also can do it. The example of Azerbaijan demonstrated that one
can gain considerable results over a year and improve one’s position
in the Doing Business rating.

Certainly, by reforming this sphere, we’ll face resistance – not
everybody can and want to change the established thinking. However,
this shouldn’t stop us, otherwise we’ll gain nothing",- the prime
minister said.

According to him, to settle the problem, which is one of the most
important ones for the country, it is necessary to exert every type
of effort over several months. The finance ministry was instructed
to directly control the reforms.