“These days, I constantly think about what our people want, the simple citizen of RA… Maybe I’m wrong, but my impression is that they want a quiet life, work, not having to worry about the sale of crops, life to be stable, predictable, understandable. The state should be standing next to the citizen, not sitting on his shoulders with a stick in his hand… Perhaps this is what the citizen wants. If I’m wrong, correct me,” said the leader of the alliance, the second president of the Republic of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, during the meeting of the members of the “Armenia” alliance with the citizens at the “Arno Babajanyan” music school in Masis.
“The businessman wants the tax field to be understandable so that the taxes do not increase, the citizen wants the property tax not to be such that he does not have to borrow money to pay the property tax. In my impression, the citizen has very simple goals… There should be no national humiliation, he has a dignified life. These are the simple, basic things, in the absence of which a person constantly feels depressed, thinks about how his child’s future should be, should he stay in Armenia or emigrate, thinks that the environment will not be conformable for living…
Why should an RA citizen constantly think about security? During my time as president, I went through several elections and had many meetings. During my presidency, no one asked about security… To be honest, that topic did not exist, because there was security, people had confidence that the main problem was the workplace, other questions, I was not asked questions about security.
But whoever you meet now, the first question is: will there be a war or not, is the country safe or not? Anyone who has a boy thinks, what will happen if he goes to the army? And doesn’t the question arise as to why it is like this…People start thinking about security when the country’s leader stops thinking about security,” emphasized Robert Kocharyan.
Gohar Hakobyan
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