Vardan Oskanyan: "Make Yerevan financially fully self-sufficient."

PAP MP Vardan Oskanyan wrote on his facebook page:

Reffering to municipal elections on May 5, he says: "This election is strictly important. In formal terms, yes, it is a municipal election, but as a matter of fact, it is of a state given Yerevan’s weight across the republic. With its potential and capacities, Yerevan is a state within a state. I would like our society too, to treat this election with maximum seriousness, considering its significance on both political and municipal levels."

Elaborating on the political aspects of the process, Oskanyan says further that the situation in Yerevan is almost the same as in the country in general.

He then singles out four basic areas where he sees problems.

“The first are the questions relating to the Yerevan residents' everyday life – water supply, waste disposal, transportation, education, healthcare, opportunities for individuals with Disabilities. Often, there’s not only no progress, but also deterioration. The question, however, is that all problems are possible to solve in case of a proper and effective governance.

The second is the city’s architectural appearance. We definitely have a regress here. Illegal development activities, tasteless and dangerous building roof extensions, architectural constructions incompatible with the national [culture], etc. The mayor should have a primary task to stop the capital city’s distortion, and later think seriously of re-establishing what we have lost over the course of years.

The third are the red tapes at the City Hall and the regional administrations.

And it is necessary to change the business environment in Yerevan, creating equal opportunities for all businesses to enable their participation and victory in the bids announced by the City Hall. It is also important to increase the financial opportunities and set a task to make Yerevan fully self-satisfied in financial terms,” says Oskanian, encouraging the Yerevan residents to actively take part in the upcoming polls to help change the situation in the country.