Political pragmatism will become a key component of the ANC electoral  program

ArmInfo.Political pragmatism will become a key component of the pre-election program of the Armenian National Committee of Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Deputy Chairman of the ANC Levon Zurabyan stated this on June 7 at the presentation  of the party's program.

He noted that this is due to the fact that the ANC knows firsthand  that all victories are acquired only when your state policy is based  on realistic calculations, with correct geopolitical assessments and,  most importantly, on pragmatism.

According to him, that is, when developing a state development  policy, the country's resources, the situation around the state, as  well as international norms are taken into account.

"We also know that the state loses when it deviates from this path,  resorts to adventures when you start demanding more from the world  than it can give you. Unfortunately, the tragic 44-day war is the  result of this adventure, the result of the fact that in 1998,  Armenia deviated from the right path and came to where we are today,  "Zurabyan said, assuring that the program they are proposing today is  not a standard one, it is a special project to save Armenia and its  statehood. He assured that this is a new way for Armenia, which  consists of 8 parts.

ANC spokesman Arman Musinyan, representing the security sector, noted  that there are two important areas of activity in this area: the  restoration of the seriously damaged military industry, which needs  urgent reanimation, and Armenian diplomacy, which has become an  anachronism over the past 23 years and its restoration is of vital  importance. He reminded that it is with the help of diplomacy that  Armenia will have to conduct a dialogue with other states, including  the countries of the region.

"Firstly, we need to create with Russia new bilateral mechanisms  aimed at developing the security sector, which will allow us to  neutralize existing threats in the short term, and to establish  security pillars of our state in the long term. We need, together  with Russia and the OSCE Minsk Group, with the participation of  Azerbaijan to be involved in active negotiations on resolving the  issue of the status of Artsakh, which in turn should lead to the  conclusion of a long-term agreement with Baku to end the war, and can  create the basis for further normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani  relations in the future, " Musinyan said. At the same time, he added  that apart from the above mentioned, today the most important task in  Armenia is the restoration of state administration, without which the  implementation of these goals is impossible. He also pointed out the  importance of restoring public solidarity and harmony.

In turn, ANC vice-chairman Arman Manukyan spoke about the programs  offered in the field of constitutional law and revealed the reasons  why Armenia should return to a semi-presidential form of government.  He recalled that back in the early 1990s of the last century, the RA  had a sad experience of the parliamentary form of government, which  led to a crisis, since for months the political forces could not come  to a consensus on this or that issue. Manukyan called the transition,  following the results of the 2015 referendum, to a parliamentary form  of government, aimed at retaining state power, subjective and  erroneous. "Today, this government system is not able to address the  challenges facing the country. We do not praise the semi-presidential  system, or say, for example, that the parliamentary system is bad,  and the presidential system is good. Not at all, I would like to  state that this system is efficient and very convenient for states in  transition period, "said Manukyan, adding that the most important  factors in this governance system is the fact that citizens  participate in the election of the president.

The ANC representative accused third President of the Republic of  Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, of depriving citizens of the most important  thing - participation in the political life of the country. He once  again stressed that in the conditions in which Armenia is today - the  return to a semi-presidential form of government will be one of the  main goals of the ANC.

In turn, Zurabyan said that the key component of the country's  economic development will be the emphasis on the latest technologies.  "We will develop the military-industrial complex of the Republic of  Armenia based on advanced experience, which will allow us to create  an Armenian army that meets modern criteria.  We have compiled 20  points that, in our opinion, will give an impetus to the economic  development of our country and among them state funding for research  enterprises. We propose allocating 1% of the country's GDP for this.  It is also about working on a model of partnership between the public  and the private sector by creating an enterprise in the field of  information technology, fulfilling military-industrial goals. In  addition, the production of lithium batteries is becoming a new word  in the energy sector, as well as the opening of Armenia to financial  technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies. We are focused  on the future, and we wish to develop Armenia on new technological  foundations, "Zurabyan said.

Bagrat Asatryan and Tatev Zoryan spoke about the integration program,  including the economic one - from the opportunities that open up for  Armenia in establishing interaction between the EAEU and the EU, to  the benefits of integration into large regional projects. Anna  Gevorgyan spoke about the ways to eradicate the economic blockade,  which has created many problems for Armenia over the past decades.  The ANC also spoke about activities in the health sector and other  industries of interest.