The Prime Minister of Armenia spoke about the weaknesses of the  inhabitants of the country of a civilizational nature and about the  perverse logic of the "neighbor-ill-wisher"

ArmInfo.The Government of Armenia in the course of its activities faces a number of problems of a socio-psychological and civilizational nature. This statement was  made by the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on December 5  before the start of the cabinet meeting.

According to the prime minister, the authorities of the republic are  aimed at solving specific problems.  "Thank God this is starting to  work out for us. At the same time, we are faced with a problem of the  following nature: having solved the problem of one group, the  population, the other, according to the logic of the ill-wishing  neighbor, is indignant that the government did not solve its problem  as a matter of priority. This the problem is of a socio-psychological  and civilizational nature and it seems that sometimes it's better not  to do anything so that everything is quiet, reconciled with the  situation, as in the old days, everything languishes in its own  juice, "Pashinyan emphasized. According to the prime minister, the  tasks accumulated in the republic over many years cannot be solved  with one movement of the hand.  Thinking about this phenomenon, the  head of government came to the conclusion that the residents of  Armenia, basically, were never strong in one very primitive,  civilizational mechanism, namely, in the ability to stand in line.  "This is actually a very serious problem of the civilizational order,  and I am glad that the practice of standing in lines is already  spreading in the country, in particular in the banking system," he  said.

Another problem of a civilizational nature in the Republic of  Armenia, according to Pashinyan, is related to the fact that the  construction work being carried out in the country necessarily  requires the presence and accumulation of garbage. "Mr. Vermishyan  (head of the Urban Planning Committee - Ed.) I gave you the relevant  order a few months ago. I don't understand why the relevant  department does not fine and impose sanctions on developers who  accumulate mountains of garbage around themselves," he turned to him  The Prime Minister, emphasizing that he recalled this problem, when  he rose from his cabinet in the government to the conference room.

Pashinyan also expressed bewilderment at the fact that a construction  worker works in his daily clothes.  "They must have a uniform. It's  the same if we came to government meetings in old home clothes and  sat here in tatters."

he pointed out. According to the head of the Cabinet, construction  companies earn millions and it is not difficult for them to allocate  funds for the purchase of workwear for workers. "Why does the  town-planning committee not carry out work in this direction?", The  prime minister asked.

In addition, as the head of the cabinet said, there is information  that refugees from the village of Artsvashen (the territory of  Armenia captured by the Azerbaijani armed forces in August 1992 -  Ed.), Who now live in the Gegharkunik region of the Republic of  Armenia, are going to hold a protest outside the government building.  They demand that they allocate funds for the restoration of the  housing stock, which, according to them, is in a deplorable state.  Meanwhile, as Pashinyan pointed out, de jure it was recorded that the  state had fulfilled all its obligations to refugees. "They say that  yes, at one time the government used brute force and forced it to  sign some documents and thereby close the problem. We understand  this, but what is the reason for the situation that we have today? We  simply decided to allocate about 2 billion drams to solve specific  problems of refugees (the decision to provide housing certificates to  about 112 families forcibly deported from Azerbaijan in 1988-1992 -  Ed.) What is the logic of a neighbor-ill-wisher? Or do they want us  to be rude too? The same situation around Amulsarsky project When we  were perplexed by the fact that the people remain silent about the  problem of a few years ", - he said.

According to the head of government, most likely, similar problems  will soon arise in connection with the provision of housing to  residents of the Spitak earthquake disaster zone. "We say that today  the state has obligations to provide housing for 453 citizens who  have the relevant documents in their hands," the prime minister said.  But, the prime minister is convinced that. Having solved the housing  issues for the beneficiaries of this program, the government will  face claims from others that require a momentary solution to their  problems.

As Nikol Pashinyan emphasized, the authorities are not afraid to  resolve issues despite the fact that many are guided by the logic of  an ill-wishing neighbor. "Stand in line, all urgent issues will be  resolved, but let's give up logic to solve issues by force," the head  of government said.