Pashinyan against granting the Diaspora Armenians the right to vote in elections in Armenia

Arminfo, Armenia
Dec 19 2018

ArmInfo. After the revolution, there are no  Armenians of the Diaspora and the RA, there are just Armenians. This  was announced by the acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan  at the meeting with the participants of the NerUzh program in  Dilijan.

According to him, equal conditions are created in Armenia for  all Armenians so that they work and open their own business in their  homeland.  "I want the economic revolution to be accomplished not by  the government, but by the people. We are doing everything possible  to do this, creating all conditions, and not at a declarative level,  but at a practical level, "said Pashinyan, adding that the  possibility of creating venture capital and the programs that emanate  from it is being considered. startups.At the same time, he spoke  against granting the Diaspora Armenians the right to vote during  elections in Armenia. "This is not expedient from both political and  technical points of view. 

For example, if we take Russia, if Armenians of Russia get the right  to vote in elections in Armenia, then more polling stations should be  opened there than in the RA itself, as far as politically expedient  of view, and technically it will be very difficult to control the  whole process, "Pashinyan explained.He also declared a high  possibility of abolishing Mindiaspora. "There is such a probability,  but this does not mean that other departments will not deal with  these issues. Almost all ministries of Armenia have the functions of  working with the Diaspora," Pashinyan said. The acting  prime  minister also stressed the importance of implementing high  technologies, especially in the defense sphere of the republic, which  will allow it to more effectively counter emerging threats.