"LONGEVITY WAS NOT MARGARYAN’S MERIT"

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“The prime minister's post is a complete drama: out of 10 prime ministers only 3 were able to survive the office. They were Gagik Harutyunyan, Armen Darbinyan and Aram Sargsyan,’ RA ex-prime minister Hrant Bagratyan mentioned taking into account the health state of RA ministers.

He shared his contemplations with journalist of A1+.

- How do you see Andranik Margaryan both as a politician and economist?

- You know, besides being an Armenian, citizen of Yerevan, he was also the figure to struggle for the RA independence. He had a gift of balancing things in the government. He clearly cognized the issues of our independence and respectively he would come to the conclusion that independence, democracy and marketing were interrelated.

-What changes are due to come after his death?

- It is difficult to answer as I do not see any Armenian to have done so much for the independence of the country. This doesn’t exclude better prospective, either. In this respect, not only his family suffers his loss but also the latter will still have its “ yields” for Armenia.

- The name of next prime minister is already circulating. Do you think Serj Sargsyan is the right person to take over?

- He is likely to do it better than any other politician from coalition.

- RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan has been in the post the longest. Does this prove him to be the best or just the most resilient one?

- We should realize two things: every period of prime ministry office is both harder and more unique. After all, it is not the longevity that should prove oneself. His principle merit was his strategic viewpoints towards democracy and economy.

We should not make judgments on the longevity. He has lived both hard times and good times: they are just incomparable.

Interviewer Diana Markosyan