Friday, May 25 2018 14:13

ArmInfo. The events that took place in Armenia and led to the change of government are extremely important for the Armenian people, since they open an entirely new  page from the point of view of your country's democratic development, "the well-known Georgian and Ukrainian political figure the leader of the Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (2007-2012), the head of the National Police of Ukraine (2015 - 2016) Khatia Dekanoidze told ArmInfo correspondent in the fields of the XV  Eurasian Media Forum 

Dekanoidze highly appreciated the level of the nationwide movement in  Armenia: "I was constantly following the developments, I was  pleasantly surprised at how many people took to the streets with  peaceful protest actions, and how sincerely and organized people  wanted changes in the country." The politician noted the extremely  important role of Nikol Pashinyan as the leader of the movement, "who  showed what the modern world is, showed how a simple person is able  to consolidate people around him, showed how to talk with people,  listen to them, communicate with them." "Pashinyan and his team  embody the new model of modern politics. And I very much hope that  all the dream of the Armenian people will come true, that's why your  people really deserve it, "Dekanoidze noted.

As the former head of the police structures of Georgia and Ukraine,  Dekanoidze, speaking about the need to clean the Augean stables of  crime and corruption, advised the new government to constantly listen  to the voice of the people who want to eradicate corruption.

The interlocutor supported the measures of Nikol Pashinyan to change  the key chiefs of law enforcement agencies, advising also to consider  the possibility of increasing the monetary allowance for the police.  But the most important, she said, is to make it so that the law  enforcement system is perceived by people as a service structure, as  a structure that does not protect someone but protects and services  people. And it's wonderful that the new government of Armenia has  such an approach to the police's public mission, "the politician  noted.

As Dekanoidze noted, Pashinyan and his team are people of a new  formation, "they sincerely want to change something, they want to be  honest and transparent and therefore they will succeed." To recall,  Khatiya Dekanoidze joined the team of Mikhail Saakashvili when she  was only 24 years old. The girl then headed the administration of the  Security Council of Georgia, then managed to work as a minister of  education, and also led the police academy. Khatia introduced a new  reform in the Interior Ministry of Georgia, eliminating first of all  long-term training in the police academy and replaced them with  training in law, tactics and shooting. Instead of "parquet" generals,  Dekanoidze recruited foreign specialists into the teachers. After  that, as the politician admitted, schoolchildren of Georgia began to  dream about working in the police, and not about the status of a  "thief-in-law".  To note, Emanuel Dupuy, President of the Institute  for Prospects and Security in Europe (France), paid special attention  to the genesis of the "velvet revolution" in Armenia, calling it an  excellent manifestation of real democratic processes in the country.  He wished the Armenian people prosperity and confidence in the new  institutions of power.