In the conditions when 250 thsd people left Armenia for the last 5 years, and allegedly 6% growth of economy was ensured, one cannot say about success of the previous programme of the government, the former premier of Armenia, leader of the Freedom party, Hrant Bagratyan, said in the parliament today when commenting on the Armenian government's programme for 2013-2017.
He said that actually, the state budget revenues do not grow in Armenia. At first sight, it seems that we have the growth from 600 billion drams up to 1 trillion drams, but if we compare the last figure with tax administration and inflation, it will become clear that the budget ensured no growth. "What does the point about the necessity of raising of the level of tax administration mean? Such a process should be permanent in any government and in any state of the world", - Hrant Bagratyan said and added that this point cannot be a programme thesis. At the same time, there is no word in the programme about the 7 million Armenian Diaspora which nsures the main inflow of investments in the country, he said and added that at least $3-4 bln invested by the Diaspora should be used directly for development of economy. He also called on executive power to settle problems with the airport and civil aviation, which will make it possible to attract extra $5 bln. "You may do nothing, simply settle this issue and the problem of the state budget will be resolved", - Bagratyan said. He also called on Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan to pay attention at the situation in the National Statistics Service, as it is simply impossible to produce 241 thsd tons of grape and 812 thsd tons of vegetables in the republic. "The figures were sexed up at least threefold", - he said and called on the government and premier to speak about the true results.