The biggest case linked with corruption in Armenia was registered in the social sphere, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in the parliament today, when replying
to the question of a deputy from ARFD, Vahan Hovanisyan.
He said that thanks to solving the crime, they have managed to economize about 12 billion drams which were directed to raising of pensions and allowances. A system was formed in the social security, which resulted in the criminal deals. As a result, a representative of the ruling RPA which headed the system and other responsible
persons were arrested, and a criminal case was initiated. We have similar examples about several Police officials, he said. He also added that the community want to gave big number of the solved crimes, but populism prevails in this demand which is very much dangerous. "Our country is small and we should be as much
impartial as possible", -the premier said and added that it is not so simple to resolve this problem. He said that the community should evaluate the activity of the ruling political force. "In this context, both the power and the opposition of Armenia are in one and the same boat, and cooperation is the only correct direction
for development of the country", - Tigran Sargsyan said.
For his part, Vahan Hovanisyan recalled that the RPA drove the opposition out of the competitive field, and against such a background an offer to cooperate looks, at least, strange.
The premier gave an example from the American "Renaissance" magazine which says that the power and the opposition may effectively cooperate if the GDP per capita is $12 thsd. In Armenia this indicator is $3 thsd. He said that this problem may be settled in case of development of civil society and civilian institutions.