ArmInfo. Strong local self-government and an independent judiciary are probably the most important exams that we pass as a people creating statehood. The future of the country depends on the successful passing of these exams, as Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated.
As the President stated, speaking at the final session of the conference on local self-governance bodies and territorial administration, Armenia is our state, our cumulative responsibility, "therefore, there is no need to seek excuses and reasons to blame others." The concept of democracy, he noted, is meaningless without a wealthy local government. "We can and must together withstand this exam, but to be able to do this, we simply have to change our attitude to our duties," said Serzh Sargsyan.
The head of the republic noted: "It's no secret that many heads of communities exceed their authorities and use their position in order to have unclear and unacceptable incomes. Starting from the fact that by different tricks, alienating the lands belonging to the community in different ways, that they show dishonest attitude to community budgets and I will not go into details, because I really hate this conversation. I just want to say one thing. We have been very lenient towards the community leaders so far. They were indulgent, because they believed that they should take place, this institution should take place, and during this, certain bad manifestations are possible. I want everyone, I do not frighten anyone, I just want to warn everyone if someone is doing these things, it's better to let them work elsewhere. We are ready, I sincerely say, ready to treat you with all the care, are ready to help whenever possible, whether it is a personal or community issue.
But we are not ready to see how some of you carry the money of our people home. "If you do not say so, I say the following: if in these new enlarged communities, of course, in the others, too, there will be such cases, no one expects condescension, does not expect to be forgiven, especially since Mr. Lokyan already informed me what opportunities there are in connection with the salary, "he said.As noted by Serzh Sargsyan, he will be only happy, if the salary of the heads of the communities is high enough , but this possibility should be in the framework of the law, and not so that they say: "For 200 thousand drams I will not wander around this village from morning till night, this community is like their servant." Who does not want to be a servant, let goes and becomes a master, let him go to another job, and I beg you, let no one after the New Year, whether the head of the regional administration, be it a minister or a person close to me, in such cases not bother about forgiving any head of the community. Again I repeat: we are ready, if something happened, that does not depend on us, an accident and so on, are ready to help in every possible way, but if they maliciously get their hands dirty, we are not ready to forgive more. You probably hear such words from me for the first time, but my approach has always been that simple, we have grown up and we must realize that responsibility exists for every resident of our community, "concluded Serzh Sargsyan.