GURGEN ARSENIAN: THERE IS VIOLATION OF RULES IN GOVERNMENT’S ACTIVITIES, AND PRESIDENT DOES NOT RESTRAIN IT

Noyan Tapan
Feb 20, 2009

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. "It seems to our managers
that representatives of our political or economic segment are
simple-minded and can swallow anything that is presented as a thin
porridge to the people," chairman of the United Labor Party (ULP)
Gurgen Arsenian stated when discussing the Armenian government’s
anti-crisis measures. According to G.

Arsenian, he is surprised at these measures – in the negative sense.

Comparing the years of Robert Kocharian’s presidency with one year
of Serzh Sargsyan’s term of office, G. Arsenian said: "There were
definite rules of game under president Kocharian and they were
not violated reagrdless of who was whose friend. Today there is a
violation of rules in the government’s activities, and the president
does not restrain it". In his words, the auction of "Bjni" Plant has
also left a negative impression.