OLIGARCHS IN COMFORTABLE SITUATION, WITH NO SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY – BORIS NAVASARDYAN
14:28 * 08.12.14
Head of the Yerevan Press Club Boris Navasardyan, Coordinator of the
Armenian National Platform, Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum,
commented on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
According to him, it creates favorable conditions for oligarchs.
“Since they are reluctant to shoulder the responsibility for important
political decisions and want other states’ officials to make such
decisions, while they will deal with their own problems as part of
the government system. This is a comfortable situation, when you do
not bear any responsibility for the country and grant the right to
make political decisions on your country’s destiny to another nation’s
politicians, while your are running your business enjoying the status
of a government member.”
With respect to the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary
group member Samvel Farmanyan’s statement that the EEU must not be
viewed as an absolute guarantee of Armenia’s security, Mr Navasardyan
said:
“The EEU as such has nothing in common with security systems.
Armenia’s security issues are settled within the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and the two memberships are not
interdependent. Nevertheless, however well we are aware of it having
nothing in common with reality, Russia is presenting this artificial
interdependence as a fact to Armenia’s authorities.
“And Armenia’s authorities should diplomatically argue that Armenia’s
involvement in a common security system with Russia and linking it to
the Customs Union has no sense. I think enough effort has not been
made – or no effort has ever been made – and Armenia had to accept
the idea of asylum, which would rule out any challenges to Armenia
or reduce their probability.”
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From: Baghdasarian