RPA presents its 15-page electoral program "Security and Progress"

ArmInfo. The Republican Party of  Armenia (RPA) has presented its 15-page electoral program "Security  and Progress" for 2017-2022, which covers all areas of public,  political and socio-economic life of the country.  

The authors of the program promise to build free, independent, fair  and intellectual Armenia. Concerning the security component of its  program, the RPA says, "Armenian villages, towns and state border  should be secure and the citizen of the Republic of Armenia should  always be in the center of that security". "As regards progress,  which is the second component, the ruling party promises to create  necessary conditions for creativity of all the citizens". 

"We live in the region, which faces numerous threats and dangers and  the probability of armed clashes is high. Azerbaijan's shady  undertaking in April and Turkey's stand have proved once again that  there is no alternative to the constant and consistent enhancement of  security of our country. We do not consider a single nation as an  enemy. The Armenian people demanded and keep demanding that the  authorities of the two neighboring countries should stop denying the  Armenian people's right to existence, self-governance and safe life,  because that policy instigates their societies to use violence and to  demonstrate xenophobia.  We will keep exerting efforts towards  neutralization of the current and possible military-political risks  and threats to the national security, as well as towards enhancement  of the national army's combativity and infrastructure. 

The RPA program says that the reforms aimed at bringing the security  system in compliance with the contemporary requirements, the measures  aimed at suppressing the external challenges and ensuring adequate  actions included and will include political, diplomatic, legal,  economic, information, military and other integrated measures. The  achievement of goals and implementation of commitments assumed by the  Republic of Armenia under the Charter of the CSTO will remain a  priority. "Armenia will consistently contribute to further  strengthening of the CSTO. At the same time, the country will keep  promoting its partner relations with the North Atlantic Alliance to  raise the combativity of the Armenian Armed Forces, expand the  cooperation of the Armed Forces with the public, and to reform the  defensive system on a regular basis," the program says. 

The document notes that security also includes social security, human  rights protection, including guarantees of the right to life,  property, and food safety. "When our citizens find themselves in a  hard situation, they should feel the support of the state. For that  purpose, we will keep introducing stable mechanisms to reduce  poverty, increase the minimum salary and reform the state employment  policy," says the document.