The NSS can`t reflect accurate statistics with its methodology and professional capacity - Hrant Bagratyan.

Commenting on RA President Serzh Sargsyan`s thought during today`s 13th RPA Congress, that the oppositionists criticizing the authorities` economic policy even ignore the specialized international structures` high assessments referring Armenia`s National Statistical Service [NSS] putting into doubt the latter`s published indicators, RA former PM Hrant Bagratyan, during the talk with LURER.com, said. "I will advise the president not to believe the NSS indicators himself. There are new theories, which prove that the NSS is can`t reflect accurate statistics with its methodology and professional capacity."

To note, today president Serzh Sargsyan, referring the oppositionists` criticism towards the authorities' economic policy, said in his speech, "Never mind that the specialized international structures praise the work of the National Statistical Service; it’s no problem because you already have great experience of accusing the Venice Commission, international financial institutions, different European structures, commissioners, OSCE, even the US, Russia and France of cutting a deal with the Armenian authorities. It’s ridiculous but also true that some are ready to level our statistics to the ground when it registers positive advancement and growth and gladly accept as true when that very same agency registers decline or reduction."