"BJNI" OWNERS ARE ALSO LOCAL PRODUCERS
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[08:27 pm] 13 November, 2008
"Heritage" faction secretary Stepan Safaryan stated the following
during the 2009 state budget discussion at the National Assembly:
"The speeches made by our honorable government representatives from
this podium are just kind words and is not the divine country that
the government promises citizens."
Stepan Safaryan doesn’t believe in the government’s pledges of
defending local Armenian producers.
"Enough is enough with bringing up the example of "Bjni". The owners
of "Bjni" were also local producers. The government is not getting
rid of the issues of the local producers; rather, it is removing them
from the business sector," stated Stepan Safaryan.
"Foreign companies say that they will not make any investments in
Armenia as long as the country continues illegal acts organized at
the state level," added Safaryan.
Stepan Safaryan believes that the government’s address regarding the
2009 state budget causes doubts.
"It turns out that we still have to conduct studies on the situation
in many fields and in some fields, the government has simply left out
some priorities," says Stepan Safaryan and recalls that years ago the
government had declared that gold and jewelry production are the most
perspective fields of industry for Armenia, yet there are many flaws
in these fields.
According to the "Heritage" faction secretary, what the society
expects from the government remains unrealized. "I’m referring to
industrial development. The government only stresses the importance
of two fields in 2009-chemistry and information technologies."
Today at 6:30 the National Assembly will continue the state budget
discussions during the extraordinary session.