It Is Important To Clarify Priorities Of Programs On Proportional Dv

IT IS IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY PRIORITIES OF PROGRAMS ON PROPORTIONAL DVELOPMENT OF MARZES, ARF DEPUTY SAYS

Noyan Tapan

Oc t 9, 2008

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The implementation of the government’s
strategic programs on proportional development of Armenian marzes
(provinces) will be really efficient in case of clarifying their
priorities.

In this connection, as the member of the National Assembly "ARF"
faction Ruzan Arakelian stated at the October 9 press conference,
it is especially important to implement a demographic policy and
healthcare and social programs and to provide concessionary loans.

The deputy said that she went to various marzes in the summer and the
situation in villages caused her concern. In particular, there has
been a decline in the number of children of school age in all marzes,
especially in mountainous and border villages, which shows that parents
do not see their children’s future in the village. As a result, the
emigration of rural residents has reached huge numbers. R. Arakelian
pointed out that the growth of Yerevan’s population is due to this
fact rather than repatriation.

In her opinion, the programs implemented and to be implemented
should address first of all the population and contribute to its life
support. In her words, in Armenian marzes there are rural settlements
with several dozen farms, whose population is mainly composed of
elderly persons, however, large comfortable schools for over 1,000
pupils and huge clubs have been constructed. "This money could have
been spent to build an aid-post and a small workshop which would
allow to create jobs for several families in the village," the ARF
deputy said.

R. Arakelian, whose has a journalistic experience of over 20 years,
expressed her discontent with the indifference to the problems of
marzes, which exists in almost all mass media outlets.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress