Armenian President gives full carte blanche to the government

ArmInfo."Transparency will become an important criterion for the government's activities," Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at the opening of the next cabinet  meeting on June 29. "I congratulate you on the appointment, or rather  the reassignment of many of you," the head of state said, addressing  the Cabinet of Ministers and Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. He  stressed that, thus, the government is given the opportunity to  finish and  to complete what has been started.

According to the president, a new stage of the executive branch   activities  begins. He stressed that task number 1 today is to carry  out reforms as effectively and without shocks. Serzh Sargsyan  recalled that obtaining the majority of votes in the parliamentary  elections allowed the RPA to form a unified government in the  country. However, the government decided to form an executive body  together with the Dashnaktsutyun party. "The new government, headed  by Karen Karapetyan, enjoys full confidence of the president and the  entire political team of the country," Serzh Sargsyan stressed. At  the same time, according to the president, the ruling party is ready  to work with all the productive forces within the executive and  legislative branches. "The only condition is maintaining the  principles of mutual respect and political correctness," Sargsyan  said. 

Serzh Sargsyan recalled that on May 18 he presented his vision of the  country's development in the short and medium term, outlined the main  development goals both politically and economically. "We must be  demanding of ourselves and not stop at what we have achieved,  otherwise we will not be able to move forward," the president said.

In turn, Karen Karapetyan assured the president that the government  program for 2017-2022 will be implemented and the Cabinet of  Ministers is well aware of the expectations of the public.