STRUGGLE TO HEAT UP
Support A1+!On April 16 the Friday Club hosted Khosrov Harutyunyan, Khachatur Sukiasyan and Tadevos Hovanisyan running for parliament from electoral district 10.
The debate was between Khosrov Harutyunyan and Khachatur Sukiasyan. Tadevos Hovanisyan was passive and silent. He says he is an economist and does not deal with political issues. “Politics is the business of the government,” he said.
When the reporters told him that the National Assembly is the legislative branch of the government and a political body, he said he will have his stance on serious political matters but in any case “I try to stay away from politics”.
Khosrov Harutyunyan and Khachatur Sukiasyan first presented their election programs. Khosrov Harutyunyan commits to working towards building “a country with sustainable security, dynamic development, competitive democracy in 15 years time, which will be involved in the European economic, political and security systems.”
In his opinion, the period of transition has ended, and it is necessary to launch the second stage of economic and political reforms, battle corruption and black economy, ensure fair and effective distribution of income.
Khachatur Sukiasyan does not think the transition period is over. According to him, as long as our quality of life is not upgraded to the European quality of life, we live in a period of transition. Khosrov Harutyunyan disagreed and stated that the period of transition is over because independence, freedoms and free economy are irreversible.
Further on, Khachatur Sukiasyan and Khosrov Harutyunyan tried to define the borderline between businessman-politician or politician-businessman. In Khachatur Sukiasyan's words, there are officials who are not running businesses but after leaving office they have different businesses.
Khosrov Harutyunyan maintains that people believe that a businessman runs for the National Assembly to get more possibilities and promote their interests. According to Khosrov Harutiunyan, the laws adopted by the parliament between 1999 and 2006 with considerable representation of businessmen in the parliament provided more favorable conditions for businesses.
As for Tadevos Hovanisyan's candidature, Mr. Harutyunyan claims that the struggle will heat up in the electoral district as Tadevos Hovanisyan formerly worked for Khachatur Sukiasyan.
