If the previous programme of the government of Armenia was the collection of toasts, we can just say that in the current programme the toasts are becoming more
and more sweeter, deputy of the National Assembly, former foreign minister of Armenia, Alkesandr Arzumanyan, said in the parliament today.
He said that only one thing is good in the present programme of the government: it seems to be edited only by one person, as there are no obvious disagreements in it. However, despite the availability of positive elements, the programme is an electoral one. "There are more emotions than logic in it", - he said.
He also added that the goals have been fixed in the programme, and no way how to reach these goals. Arzumanyan is disappointed with many points of the programme. For instance, opening of the job places is not a function of the state, as opening of job places and new companies should be regulated by the market, he said.
Touching on the points of the government's programme about the foreign policy goals, Arzumanyan wonders why CIS and CSTO were fixed in the programme but there is no word about NATO, although our servicemen take part in the peacemaking missions within the frames of NATO and our defence minister often leaves to meet NATO's high-ranking officials. He also added that the programme says that Armenia will make efforts not to let genocides and to recognize them. "This is fixed in the governmental programme of the country which negated the initiative on recognition of the Pontian Greeks genocide, the country, which did not recognize any other genocide except the Armenian one", - Arzumanyan said.
He also wonders why the government gives guarantees to sick people that they will be correctly diagnosticated. He said that this should not be the government's function. "You do not guarantee that a taxi driver will choose an optimal route to take a passenger to his place, do you?", - Arzumanyan asked.