REFORMS ARE OF IMITATION CHARACTER IN ARMENIA, DIRECTOR OF CAUCASIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE CONSIDERS
Noyan Tapan
Dec 6, 2007
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Cosmetic reforms have become a
tradition in the recent years in Armenia, and that circumstance has
given a negative inertia to the work of country’s government. Karen
Bekarian, the Chairman of the European Integration NGO, expressed
such an opinion at the December 6 discussion under the title Reforms’
Monitoring in Armenia Within the Framework of the European Neighborhood
Policy. In his words, the cause of this negative inertia is not only
government’s, but also society’s fault, which permits the government
to work badly.
K. Bekarian said that in general, monitorings’ goal is to check
whether governmental bodies compile programs correctly, proceeding
from problems important for the country, as well as to check how much
efficiently the respective funds are spent for implementation of the
given programs.
According to K. Bekarian, these goals of the monitoring are not
fulfilled, as society treats sceptically to any kinds of monitorings
considering them as espionage, and the officials think: "we will
write something and throw into the shelves."
Politician Alexander Iskandarian added that after the collapse of the
USSR, "throwing itself into Europe’s lap," Armenia looked like the
pupil, who is periodically set a lesson. And whether Armenia-pupil
will cram that lesson or "will copy from its neighbors" and will
imitate learning, this depends only on Armenia. At the same time,
he mentioned that the reforms being implemented in Armenia are often
of imitation character.