YEREVAN, November 28. /ARKA/. Armenia’s main objective is economic revolution, Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of Prosperous Armenia party, said Tuesday while speaking at a rally staged in Abovyan as part of his election campaign.  

“There is a chance to do this,” he said. “Today everybody wants to work. There were even worse situations in different countries, but things are being put right gradually by unification and management.”
Tsarukyan said that there are problems in all areas. 

“All these problems should be solved,” he said. “We should adopt laws to solve these problems. Today in any country small and medium-size businesses constitute the pivot of the economy, which make up 50%, 60 or 70% of any European country’s economy.”

Along with that, Tsarukyan said that it is wrong to rely heavily on SMEs in composing the government budget. He proposed to ease their tax burden amid crises. 

“Investments are needed, but we shouldn’t ask investors for money, but we should create favorable conditions to attract them.”

Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned October 16 to clear way for the dissolution of the parliament and holding early parliamentary elections. Under the Armenian Constitution, early elections are held if lawmakers fail twice within 14 days to appoint a prime minister. 

Pashinyan was elected as PM by the country's National Assembly after former president turned-prime minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned on April 23 under immense public pressure provided by weeks of nationwide protest against Sargsyan and his Republican Party. 

Nine political parties and 2 blocs will be contesting the polls. They  are My Step bloc, the Prosperous Armenia Party, the National Progress Party, the Christian-National Revival, the Sasna Tsrer All-Armenian Party, the Orinats Yerkir Party, the We  bloc, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party, the Bright Armenia bloc, the Republican Party of Armenia, the Social Democratic Party and the Decision of Citizen party. -0-