Government pursues policy of money and banking
ARF-Dashnaktsutyun MP Artsvik Minasyan sees two positive trends in the draft budget for 2013 - new export-oriented strategy and new risks identified in the budget.
Anyway, the MP says that unemployment remains number one challenge for Armenia, with the government sitting idle.
"The year was favorable for agriculture but the government only pursued its policy of money and banking. I urge my fellow colleagues to vote against the bill," Artsvik Minasyan said at the National Assembly during the discussion of the draft budget.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) MP Mikael Melkumyan says the budget is insufficient and the government will be unable to solve the tasks it has shouldered in five years.
Mher Shahgeldyan, Secretary of the Country of Law (OEK) faction, touched upon the positive sides of the budget, saying most of the questions raised by his opponent colleagues referred to long-term projects.
"Budget has become a subject of economic debates while it is a document showing economic development. I think that we have serous work to do in this direction," he said.
